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TWO SCARCE EDITIONS OF INTERESTING WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, ONE OF WHICH IS THE SECOND EDITION OF PHILES' ON THE NATURE OF ANIMALS8vo, pp. [8] 152; 32, 159, [9]. Greek and Italic types, sporadic Roman. Woodcut printer's devices, initials, head and tailpieces. Occasional moderate browning and mild damp staining at margins. Generally very good. Contemporary limp vellum with ties and original endpapers.
1) The first work contains the gnomic poems of Pythagoras, Theognis, Solon, Phocylides and other ancient Greek authors. The humanist Sylburg was a German classical scholar born near Marburg. In 1583 he moved to Frankfurt to act as editor of Greek texts for the publisher Johann Wechel. In 1591 he moved to Heidelberg, where he became librarian to the elector palatine and continued the Wechel series by collaborating with the printer Jerome Commelin. The present book is the result of their joint work.
2) This edition was edited by German humanist Joachim Camerarius and is the rare second edition of Philes'… Read More
