{"title":"Greek \u0026 Roman Classics","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"aristophanes-comoediae-undecim-1710-108428","title":"Aristophanis comoediae undecim,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e'editio optima' (Dibdin)\u003c\/h4\u003eA finely bound example of the eleven extant comedies of the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes (446-386 BCE), together with the scholia and extensive commentaries by Ludolf Kuster and others, printed in Greek and Latin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This excellent edition, emphatically called \u003cem\u003eEditio optima\u003c\/em\u003e, contains for the first time, some new Scholia on the \u003cem\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/em\u003e; some notes of Isaac Casaubon on the \u003cem\u003eEquites\u003c\/em\u003e; and of Spanheim and Bentley on a few other plays. [...] The animadversions and commentaries of many learned men adorn this edition...' (Dibdin, pp299-300).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e2 parts in one, folio (43.6 x 30 cm); text in Greek and Latin, title printed in red and black, engraved device of a Pegasus to title, engraved initials in first part, decorative head- and tailpieces, four small engravings in the second part, some foxing, slight age-toning; 19th-century red morocco by John Clarke, in 18th-century style, borders beautifully decorated with an elaborate gilt design, inner dentelles gilt, spine with six raised bands, elaborately gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to second and seventh compartments, minor spotting and scuffing to covers, corners slightly rubbed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, an attractive copy; [12], xxviii, 580; 324, [60]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[ARISTOPHANES]; KUSTER, Ludolf (editor).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45988149035313,"sku":"108428","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/108428_b4e597a1-90cc-4107-a879-89ef52743028.jpg?v=1790184260"},{"product_id":"pindar-odes-1515-first-separate-edition-111662","title":"[Odes, in Greek] Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ethe first Greek book printed in Rome\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst separate edition, first edition with the scholia, and the first Greek book printed in Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eeditio princeps\u003c\/em\u003e of Pindar's \u003cem\u003eepinikia\u003c\/em\u003e [victory odes] was published by Aldus Manutius in 1513 together with the works of Lycophoron, Callimachus, and Dionysius Periegetes. However, the Aldine edition lacked the correct text and accompanying explanatory scholia required by humanist readers; a requisite fulfilled for the first time by this separate edition printed by Zacharias Kallierges. It was this 1515 edition, also known as the \u003cem\u003eeditio Romana\u003c\/em\u003e, that became the vulgate text for three hundred years due to its great merits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKallierges, an experienced Cretan printer formerly active in Venice, set up his press in the villa of Cardinal Agostino Chigi, having been invited to Rome by Pope Leo X to teach at the newly founded Ginnasio Mediceo (the Medician Greek College) in 1514. Thanks to funding from Chigi's chancellor Cornelio Benigno (with money lent by Chigi), Kallierges was able to advance on his rivals Angelo Collocci and Janus Lascaris, who planned to set up their own Greek press at the College in 1517.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colophon describes the first quire as 'triadion' (or ternion, i.e. with 3 bifolia), which is somewhat misleading as in all copies but one it has 2 bifolia (as here). Staffan Fogelmark attributes this to the first gathering being reset after Chigi rescinded his patronage of the project, but it was too late to reset the colophon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed as 'the Prince of Poets' (Quintillian, 10.1.61), Pindar was 'the brightest star in the Alexandrian canon... and his influence on moderns such as Goethe and Foscolo cannot be overemphasized' (\u003cem\u003eThe Greek Book\u003c\/em\u003e). His four surviving books of \u003cem\u003eepinikia\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the great monuments of Greek lyric, correspond to each of the four major festivals of the Panhellenic Games: Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian. Many of Pindar's \u003cem\u003eodes\u003c\/em\u003e can be identified by event, champion, and year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of approximately 1000 copies. 'The \u003cem\u003eRomana\u003c\/em\u003e is still of great value and may easily be designated the most important Pindar edition ever' (Fogelmark, p. 38).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst separate edition, second edition overall; 4to (23 x 17 cm); woodcut devices on title of Benigno and Kallierges (caduceus and double-headed eagle respectively), Kallierges' device repeated on final verso, β1 and Α3 (opening of 'Olympia' and 'Pythia' respectively) with headings, woodcut initials, and a few lines and letters of text printed in red, woodcut initials and ornaments, some light foxing, early ownership signature to title, early ink annotation to β2, slight toning and soiling to title, hinges cracked but holding; 18th-century half vellum over speckled boards, gilt titles on leather labels to upper spine, small tear to vellum at centre of rear joint, some light rubbing and marks to boards and extremities; collation: α4 β-θ8 ι6 κ-μ8 ν-ξ6 Α-Η8 Θ10 Ι-Π8 Ρ8 (complete; with blanks ι6 and Θ10).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegrand I, 47; Hoffmann III, 256; Adams P1219-1221; cf. 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