[Greek text]. De Piscatu libri V. De venatione libri IIII.

4to: [4]-207-[8] pp. (light marg. dampstaining, foxing).

Contemp. overl. limp vellum, flat spine with title in ink, ink title to lower edge (staining, sm. wormholes).

First edition of the only Greek text of the poems on fishing (some 3500 ll.) and hunting by Oppianus (2nd c.). Edited by the French classical scholar Adrien Turnèbe (1512-1565). Printer's mark on title.
Ref. Adams O-204. - Bibliotheca piscatoria p. 163. - STC French (BL) 329. - BP16 114376. - Pettegree (FB) 81018.
Bound with, same author, place, date, condition: 1. De piscatu libri V. Laurentio Lippio interprete. De venatione libri IIII. ita conversi, ut singula verba singulis respondeant. In eorum gratiam qui graeca cum latinis coniungere volunt. G. More. [6]-202 pp. (pp. 117-119 bound between the prelims, wormtrack to lower margin). Latin version (1st 1478) of the poem on fishing by the Italian humanist translator Lorenzo Lippi from Colle di Val d’Elsa (1440-1485). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Adams O-206. - Bibliotheca piscatoria p. 163. - Pettegree (FB) 81019. - STC French 329. - Not in BP16. - 2. De venatione libri III. Joan. Bodino Andegavens interprete [...]. His accessit commentarius varius, & multiplex, eiusdem interpretis. M. Vascosan. [4]-1/42-[2]-43/110 ff. (name of J. Bodin censored to dedication, dampstaining stronger to last ff., ms. marginalia to f. 84). 1st ed. of the 1st book of Bodin (1530-1596): an edition and Latin translation of the classical Greek hunting poem of (pseudo-) Oppianus (3rd c.). The Greek text first appeared in the 1517 Aldine ed. Printed in italics. Ref. Crahay/Isaac/Lenger (Bodin) L1a-b. - Adams O-205. - Schwerdt II:50. - Souhart 358. - Thiébaud 695. - Pettegree (FB) 81021. - STC French 29. - Not in BP16.
These texts most probably intended for university students. (3 works in 1 vol.)