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SOPHOCLES (c. 496-406 BC.) Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis, in Greek. Commentary by Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574). [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1568. Two parts in one volume, 4° (256 x 160mm). Estienne’s woodcut device on title (Renouard 10), decorative headpieces and initials. Greek type, Camerarius’ commentaries mostly in roman. (Last page repaired at corner preserving text, corner of final blank leaf cut away.) 18th-century English red straight grained morocco gilt, attributed to Roger Payne on flyleaf, gilt edges, (minor rubbing). Provenance: A.S. Thelwall (flyleaf inscription; 1795-1863), evangelical Church of England clergyman and teacher of elocution at King’s College London, son of the poet John Thelwall) -- Rev. Mr. Wilson (armorial bookplate) -- William, 3rd Earl of Harcourt (1743-1830, British nobleman and soldier).
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SOPHOCLES (c. 496-406 BC.) Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis, in Greek. Commentary by Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574). [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1568. Two parts in one volume, 4° (256 x 160mm). Estienne’s woodcut device on title (Renouard 10), decorative headpieces and initials. Greek type, Camerarius’ commentaries mostly in roman. (Last page repaired at corner preserving text, corner of final blank leaf cut away.) 18th-century English red straight grained morocco gilt, attributed to Roger Payne on flyleaf, gilt edges, (minor rubbing). Provenance: A.S. Thelwall (flyleaf inscription; 1795-1863), evangelical Church of England clergyman and teacher of elocution at King’s College London, son of the poet John Thelwall) -- Rev. Mr. Wilson (armorial bookplate) -- William, 3rd Earl of Harcourt (1743-1830, British nobleman and soldier).

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SOPHOCLES (c. 496-406 BC.) Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis, in Greek. Commentary by Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574). [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1568. Two parts in one volume, 4° (256 x 160mm). Estienne’s woodcut device on title (Renouard 10), decorative headpieces and initials. Greek type, Camerarius’ commentaries mostly in roman. (Last page repaired at corner preserving text, corner of final blank leaf cut away.) 18th-century English red straight grained morocco gilt, attributed to Roger Payne on flyleaf, gilt edges, (minor rubbing). Provenance: A.S. Thelwall (flyleaf inscription; 1795-1863), evangelical Church of England clergyman and teacher of elocution at King’s College London, son of the poet John Thelwall) -- Rev. Mr. Wilson (armorial bookplate) -- William, 3rd Earl of Harcourt (1743-1830, British nobleman and soldier).

First Estienne printing of Sophocles, and an important edition for the Scholia, which include those of Demetrius Triclinius. The Greek text is followed by the commentary of Joachim Camerarius and his Latin versions of 'Ajax' (verse) and 'Electra' (prose). Adams S-1448; Brunet I, 356; Renouard I, 102; Schreiber, Estiennes 171.
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