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Greek Books Published Before 1800 in Private Collections
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Books of Greek interest include, but are not limited to, the Bibliography of Greek Books 1466-1800, by Thomas Papadopoulos (1984-86) [1], which among others includes the books described in Bibilographie Hellenique by Emile Legrand [2] and its extensions [3].
Part II: 1501-1600
(1) Books with asterisk* on price are for sale.
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(2) Rarity indicates the average year intervals at which a book appears at auction.
Rarity C considers only complete copies while Rarity I considers incomplete or imperfect copies as well.
(Information is taken from major auction monitoring sites which have more or less complete records from year 2004).
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(In-)completeness is implicated from given online descriptions. However sometimes incompleteness is not explicitly mentioned, hence some books may be rarer in complete state than indicated.
| No 21-30 |
Description |
Year |
Est. |
Rarity |
Rarity |
| 1. Xenophon, Quae extant opera, Part I, H. Estienne, [Geneva] 1581. 33? Greek. 2. Xenophon, Quae extant opera (int. Bessarione), Part II, H. Estienne, [Geneva] 1596. Latin translation. Cont. leather binding with full fleur de lyse decoration in gold with large emblem in the middle. (BC16021) |
1581-1596 |
850* |
6 |
2 |
|
| Homer, Quae extant omnia, Ilias, Odyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Basel 1583. Greek. Cont. vellum. (BC16022) |
1583 |
950* |
10 |
3 |
|
| Dionysius Halicarnasseus, Scripta quae extant omnia, historica et rhetorica, heredes Andreae Wecheli, Frankfurt 1586. 2 vol in 1. Greek & latin. Cont. vellum with large blind stamped medaillion. (BC16023) |
1586 |
500* |
4 |
2 |
|
| Isocrates, Scripta quae quidem nove extant omnia…, Oporinus, Basel 1587. Greek & latin. Cont. vellum with two clasps. (BC16024) |
1587 |
700* |
10 |
10 |
|
| Hieronymus Wolf (edit), Historia Rerum in Oriente Gestarum, …Assyriorum, Medorum, et Persarum, Graecorum & Macedonum… (Zonaras, Laocitas, Gregoras, Nicetas) Laonicus Chalcocondylas, History of the Turcs, P. Schmidt for S. Feyerabend, Frankfurt 1587. Latin, 1st collected ed. of these works. Cont. blind stamped pigskin with gold inscript: *OBER*RATH* (BC16025) |
1587 | 1500* | 3 | 3 | |
| Aristoteles, Ars rhetorica lib. III, Frankfurt 1588. Greek & latin. Cont. vellum, (BC16026) |
1588 | 200* | 10 | 10 | |
| Astronomica veterum scripta, Proclus Diadochus, De sphaera Aratus Solensis, Phenomena, Leontius Mechanicus de constructione Arateae Sphaerae C. Jul. Hyginus, Poeticon Astronomicon, Officina Sanctandreana (H. Commelin?), Heidelberg 1589 Cont. vellum. 48 woodcuts of constellations Greek (& latin). (BC16027) |
1589 | 950* | 2 | 1 | |
| Dio Cassius, Romanorum historiarum libri XXV, H. Estienne, Paris 1591 Cont. vellum. Greek & latin. (BC16028) |
1591 | 450* | 4 | 4 | |
| Anthologia Graeca, Epigrammatum Graecorum libri VIII,(scholia graeca Marcus Musurus), Weidmann, Frankfurt 1600 Cont. leather. Greek & latin. (BC16029) |
1600 | 400* | 6 | 6 | |
| Carminum poetarum, Alkaeus, Sappho… P. Stephanus, 1600 Cont. vellum. Greek & latin. (BC16030) |
1600 | 200* | 8 | 8 | |
| Plutarch, Sumni et philosophi historia parallela, Aemili Porti liber de vita excell. Imperatorum, Johannes Sauer for Willer, Frankfurt 1600 Cont. leather with gold medaillions at center Many text woodcuts Latin. (BC16031) |
1600 | 350* | 6 | 6 |
| 11-20 | 21-30 |