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Lot 263
Sale 5132 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2017
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(Early Printing - S...
(Early Printing - Stephanus) 1 Vol. Isocrates. Orationes. [Geneva]: Estienne, 1593. Parallel text in Greek and Latin. Ex-libris. Folio, early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco, gilt-stamped, early 20th-century library call number on tail; top margins slightly trimmed, library bookplate on front paste-down, library perforation on title page. Early bookseller's ticket affixed to paste-down describes binding elements as "...by Roger Payne." Woodcut vignette on title page, contemporary hand-ruled borders in red and brown ink. Standard bibliography decribes this edition as the last of Stephanus' in folio. See: USTC 451387; Adams 1219; Schreiber 224.