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SOPHOCLES. Tragoediae septem. 1502

EDITIO PRINCEPS SOPHOCLES. Tragoediae septem. Greek text. [194] (of [196]) leaves; lacks blank [theta]4 and last leaf 2[beta]4, blank except for Aldine woodcut device, which has been trimmed and mounted on front flyleaf. 8vo, 143x85 mm, late 18th-/early 19th-century vellum gilt with morocco lettering piece; some headlines and early marginalia trimmed, title soiled, with early inscriptions. (Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1502)

  • Notes: first edition of the extant plays of Sophocles, published without the commentary called for on the title. Renouard, pages 34-35.
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