By Homer; Plato; Aeschylus; Theocritus; Johann Gottfried Stallbaum [ed.]; Christian Hermann Weise [ed.]
Lipsiae; Oxonii   Ottonis Holtze; Apud Parker et Socios
5.5" by 4" 319; xvi, 352;
Four vellum-bound volumes of classical literature, being the editions of German scholars Johann Stallbaum and Christian Hermann Weisse.
By Homer; Plato; Aeschylus; Theocritus; Johann Gottfried Stallbaum [ed.]; Christian Hermann Weise [ed.]

1871-1890 Platonis Opera Omnia ad Fiem Optimorum Librorum Denu Recognovit et una cum Scholis Graecis; Aeschyli Tragoediae. ad Praestantium Librorum Fidem Recensuit et Animadversiones Criticas

Lipsiae; Oxonii   Ottonis Holtze; Apud Parker et Socios
5.5" by 4" 319; xvi, 352;
Four vellum-bound volumes of classical literature, being the editions of German scholars Johann Stallbaum and Christian Hermann Weisse.
£450.00
: 0.75kgs / : 987Y2

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Leather Binding

A charming set comprising four pocket volumes, containing the works of Plato, Homer, Aeschylus and Theocritus. 

Uniformly bound in full vellum, with morocco spine labels.

Works are in Greek, with titles and accompanying critical notes in Latin. 

Comprising the following:

Platonis Opera Omnia ad Fiem Optimorum Librorum Denu Recognovit et una cum Scholis Graecis Tomus VII (1871) - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition, new impression. Edited with amendments by Johann Gottfried Stallbaum, a German classical scholar. Includes Timaeus, Timaei Locri Lib. De Anima Mundi. Critias, Parmenides. Symposion.

Aeschyli Tragoediae. ad Praestantium Librorum Fidem Recensuit et Animadversiones Criticas (1877) - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition, new impression. With critical notes by Christian Hermann Weisse, a German Protestant religious philosopher and professor at the University of Leipzig. Very scarce.

Homeri Odyssea (1889) - No editor stated. Editor's note stating this edition follows the text of Immanuel Bekker (Berol. 8vo. 1843).

Theocriti Bionis et Moschi Idyllia. Ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem Recensuit Notasque Criticas Adiecit (1890) - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition, new impression. With critical notes by Weisse. Very scarce.

Condition

Uniformly bound in full vellum, with morocco spine labels. Externally, with speckling and a few spots to the vellum. With discolouration to the spines. Internally, very firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with spots to the endpapers.

Very Good

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