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EURIPIDES. Tragoediae septendecim. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco by pierre bozerian, stamp-signed at bottom

EURIPIDES. Tragoediae septendecim. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco by pierre bozerian, stamp-signed at bottom of spines, scratch in corner of Volume 2 front cover, spines darkened, Volume 1 spine ends rubbed; stains on 2[gamma]6 in Volume 1, lacks the blanks [psi]6, 2[sigma]10, and 2[upsilon]6. Early ownership inscription of the Monastery of St. Justina at Padua, 19th-century armorial bookplates of Edward Cave. Venice: Aldine Press, 1503

  • Notes: editio princeps of the extant plays, with the exception of the 4 plays (Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, and Andromache) published circa 1495, and Electra, which first appeared in 1545. Adams E1030; Hoffmann II, 68; Renouard, page 43-44.

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