[Greek title] Cl. Æliani sophistæ variæ historiæ. Cum notis Ioannis Schefferi.

AELIANUS, CLAUDIUS.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1647

Beschreibung

Strassburg, impensis F. Spoor, 1647. 8:o. Engraved title,(14),384,359-397,(120) pp. Contemporary vellum with later printed paper label. Endpapers renewed. Wormhole in the lower margin on first four leaves and on pp. 17-22. Browning and foxing almost throughout with occasional heavier stains. Sheet H printed on very thin paper. Repair with insignificant loss of letters on p. 207. Ink stain in outer margin on pp. 309-34. Last leaf with repaired corner. Many contemporary notes and markings in the margins. Signature.VD17 23:272649V. A new edition was published in 1662 and a third in 1685. The title-leaf is designed and engraved by Schefferus himself. With parallel texts in Greek and Latin. Pages 296 and forwards with notes, remarks and index. First edition of Aelianus compiled by Schefferus, who made his debut as a text editor with this work. Like all the books he published during the Strassburg years it is quite rare. The work contains a number of moralizing anecdotes and is all that remains of the writings of the sophist Claudius Aelianus. He lived in the second century AD and was Roman by birth, but wrote in Greek. Among the anecdotes are 20 letters with erotic content, which however are not included in any of Schefferus' editions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 49738A

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Titel: [Greek title] Cl. Æliani sophistæ variæ ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1647

Einband: Hardcover

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