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PHOTIUS, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblion; sive, Bibliotheca. Greek text with Latin translation by Andreas Schott, S.J.; edited by

PHOTIUS, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblion; sive, Bibliotheca. Greek text with Latin translation by Andreas Schott, S.J.; edited by David Hoeschel. Title printed in red and black. [16] leaves, 1624, 104 columns, [12] leaves. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked with morocco, endpapers renewed; title soiled and mounted, with few imperfections in blank lower outer corner, small piece torn from blank outer margin of 2M2, marginal repairs on last few index leaves not affecting text. [Geneva]: Paulus Stephanus, 1612

  • Notes: first bilingual edition of the chief work by a 9th-century Byzantine scholar consisting of a critical account of 280 works read by him, many of which are now lost. This edition combines the Greek text originally published in 1601 with Schott's 1606 Latin version. Hoffmann III, 88; Sarton I, 594; Schreiber 275.

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