[Xenophon], [Opera]/Xenophontis (viri armorú & literarú ...

Hammer

£110

[Xenophon], [Opera]/Xenophontis (viri armorú & literarú laude celeberrimi) qvæ extant opera, second edition thus, s.l. [Geneva]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus [i.e. Henry Estienne], 1581, Greek printing, with Latin prelims and commentary, title-page with printer's device, further ornamental headers and footers, historiated and foliate initials, the annotations printed in double-columns, complete in itself, but lacking the second Latin part, collating pp: [xii], 584, 76, signatures: ¶⁶, a-z⁸, aa-nn⁸, oo⁴, A-L⁴, chi⁴, interleaved with an 18th century English MS leaf at [H4]-I1, upper-half stained and growing fainter as the book progresses, however with no loss of legibility and otherwise a fresh copy, last signature tatty and with faint marginal worm trail, English calf binding of c. 1780, upper-cover split but holding, lower-cover better, rubbed, scuffed losses, light bumps to spine, and bumped corners, folio.

Provenance: George Heath, 18th century ink MS ownership inscription to recto pastedown, but not the same hand as the MS leaf. Possibly The Reverend George Heath, D.D., F.R.S. (1745-1822), Head Master of Eton (1792-1802) and Canon of Windsor (1800-22).