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Here Greek books refers to books of Greek interest including, but 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
Books with asterisk* on price are for sale.
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| No 1-10 |
Description |
Year |
Est. € |
| Origenes, Adamantius, Opera, Iodocus Badius Ascensis for Johannes Parvus (Jean Petit), Paris 1512. Cont. leather binding. Vol. I & II of 4. Two titlepages with woodcut decoration prited in red & black ? Latin, 1st ed. of the opera ?,. (BC161) |
1512 |
1500* |
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| Plutarchus, Vitae, Iodocus Badius Ascensis for Johannes Parvus (Jean Petit), Paris 1514. Cont. half leather on wooden boards. (1 leaf -fol 2- supplied in copy). 1st latin ed. outside Italy, rare copy with variant title page (Jean Petit mark at the center). (BC162) |
1514 |
1500* |
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| Aristoteles, Ethici seu morales philosophorum, by Antonio Sylvestro, int. Argyropilo, J. Badius & Bern. Aubry, Paris 1517. Cont. French leather binding. Titlepage with large woodcut. Latin, 1st ed. by Sylvestro. (BC163) |
1517 |
1000* |
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| Xenophon, Della vita di Cyro (trad. Iacopo di Messer Fiorentino), Gregorio de Gregori, Venice 1524. Leather binding. Rare 2nd italian ed. (BC164) |
1524 |
500* |
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| Budaeus, Guilelmus, Commentarii Linguae Graecae, Badius Ascensius, Paris 1529. Cont. leather binding. 33×22 cm?, [10] (of [20])+967+[1] (missing 10 lvs at the beginning). Greek (& some latin), 1st. ed. of this monumental lexicon which initiated the foundation of College de France. 1st printing of greek cursiva in France. (BC165) |
1529 | 1000* | |
| Dio Cassius, Historico delle guerre & fatti de Romani (Nicolo Leoninceno), N. d’Aristotile di Ferrara detto Zoppino, Venice 1533. Vellum binding. 35x20cm?, 24 textual woodcuts of ?, Italian, (BC166) |
1533 | 500* | |
| Theocritus, Idyllia XXXVI eiusdem epigrammata XIX…, Scholia Z. Callierghi, Heirs of A. Cratander, Basel 1541. Cont. ? vellum in red. Printer’s cut. Greek (& some latin). (BC167) |
1541 | 500* | |
| Biblia Graeaca, Της Καινής Διαθήκης Άπαντα, Robert Stephen, Paris 1546. 17-18 cent. leather binding. 264 lvs, only part I containing the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles with the text in Greek missing part II (181 lvs) with the Epistles and Revelation, together with a french translation of part I (198 lvs) from another edition. 1 printer’s cut. Greek & latin, 1st ed. by Robert Estienne of the famous “O Mirificam” ed. printed with the “grec du roi” of Claude Garamond. (BC168) |
1546 | 800* | |
| Aristoteles, Ethicorum ad Nicomachum libri decem (int. Ioanne Argiropylo), Theob. Paganus Lyon 1547. Cont. vellum. Printer’s cut. Latin, a rare edition. Provenance: Ex. libris Angelo George Kirby Hayter. (BC169) |
1547 | 800* | |
| Aristoteles, Metaphysicorum libri XIIII (int. Bessarion), Theophrastus, Των μετά τα Φυσικά, Averrois Cordubensis, Documenta & Digressiones, Marco Antonio Zimara, Contradictiones, Theob. Paganus Lyon 1547. 19-20th cent. (?) green leather. Printer’s cut,many figurative woodcut initials. Latin & Greek, extremely rare ed. not in Pap 1984-86, nor in any standard bibliography. Provenance: Ex. libris Spoll. (BC1610) |
1547 | 1200*
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| 11-20 | 21-30 |