Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

125 ● TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS. Comoediae sex. With commentary by Aelius Donatus, edited by Giovanni Califurnio. [8], 182, [22] leaves. Folio, 306x210 mm, late 17th-/early 18th-century calf gilt, worn, top of spine chipped, joints cracked, cords intact, dark scratches across front cover; varying toning and marginal soiling; red edges. 19th- century armorial bookplates of the Marquess of Donegall and JohnYnyr Burges Esquire. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1529 [600/900] FIRST ESTIENNE FOLIO EDITION . Schreiber 39 (octavo edition of the same year, minus the commentary, published for school use). 126 ● THUCYDIDES. De be l l o Pelopponesiaco libri VIII. Greek text with Latin translation by Lorenzo Valla, revised by Henri Estienne. [20], 621, [15]; 73, [7] pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 327x205 mm, 18th- century mottled sheep gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, cover corners worn through, front cover scratched; contents toned with occasional browning along top edges.Armorial bookplate of Sir Lucius O’Brien, Baronet; morocco booklabel of Michael Sharpe. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1588 [2,500/3,500] Second Estienne edition,“generally considered the best 16th-century edition of the greatest historian of Athens. For this new edition Estienne has corrected the Greek text and scholia, as well as further revised Valla’s Latin translation” (Schreiber).The first Estienne edition appeared in 1564. GLN- 3331; Hoffmann III, 552; Printing and the Mind of Man 102; Schreiber 216. 127 ● XENOPHON. Quae extant opera . . . editio secunda. Parts 1 and 2 (of 3): Greek text with commentary by Henri Estienne; lacks the Latin translation. [12], 584; 76 pages. Folio, 334x216 mm, later 17th-century panelled calf, rebacked; dampstaining in outer corners throughout with traces of mold, scattered early underscoring and marginalia. Bookplate of Leon J. Agourides. GLN-2895; Hoffmann III, 577. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1581 [300/500] 128 ● SCHREIBER, FRED. The Estiennes. 8vo, 252x178 mm, original cloth; contents clean. ONLY EDITION , LIMITED TO 600 COPIES . NewYork, 1982 [80/120] 126