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Author: Aeschylus. Edited by Willem Canter.
Title: Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi Canteri ultralectini
Place: Antwerp:
Publisher: Ex officina Christophori Plantini,
Date: 1580
Item # : 206285
Sale Number   429
Lot Number   2
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Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Kent Johnson (with additions)
Sale Date   05/27/2010
Price realized   $ 390
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Description:
355, [7] pp. (A-Z8), 2 blanks at end following colophon leaf, fly leaves at front and back, (16mo) later full mottled calf. Text in Greek, introductions and notes in Latin. First Canter Edition.
First printing of a scarce and desirable edition of Aeschylus. Adams A270
Condition:
Covers worn and pitted; front joint cracked, text quite clean and internally very good.
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