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HELIODORUS, Emesenus. Historiae aethiopicae libri decem, numquam antea in lucem editi. Basel: Heirs of Hervagius, February 1534.
An exceptional copy of the editio princeps of Heliodorus’s influential ancient Greek romance. This copy was owned and extensively annotated in Greek by the distinguished scholar Wilhelm Xylander (1532-1576) and later by Hieronymus Commelinus (c.1550-1597) in preparation for his own 1596 edition of the text. These marginalia represent an extremely important record of both scholars’ contributions towards establishing the text for the second edition of this famous work. Adams H-174; STC German, 389; VD16 H1673.
Quarto (204 x 154mm). Text in Greek, dedicatory letter in Latin. Woodcut printer’s device on title and verso of last leaf, woodcut initials (repair in margin of title, some waterstaining). 19th-century blind-panelled calf by J. Leighton, red morocco spine label (slightly rubbed). Provenance: Johann Oporinus (1507-1568) – Wilhelm Xylander (1532-1576; inscription, annotations) – ‘Fabri’ (possibly Heidelberg University student Johann Faber; inscription) – Hieronymus Commelinus (c.1550-1597’; inscription, annotations) – Willem Goes (politician; inscription, his sale in 1687 where it realised a price of nine florins) – Pieter Burmann (1714-1788; inscription recording purchase price of 20 florins) – Jona Willem Te Walter (historian and theologian from Leidein, 1740-1822; inscription) – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate).
An exceptional copy of the editio princeps of Heliodorus’s influential ancient Greek romance. This copy was owned and extensively annotated in Greek by the distinguished scholar Wilhelm Xylander (1532-1576) and later by Hieronymus Commelinus (c.1550-1597) in preparation for his own 1596 edition of the text. These marginalia represent an extremely important record of both scholars’ contributions towards establishing the text for the second edition of this famous work. Adams H-174; STC German, 389; VD16 H1673.
Quarto (204 x 154mm). Text in Greek, dedicatory letter in Latin. Woodcut printer’s device on title and verso of last leaf, woodcut initials (repair in margin of title, some waterstaining). 19th-century blind-panelled calf by J. Leighton, red morocco spine label (slightly rubbed). Provenance: Johann Oporinus (1507-1568) – Wilhelm Xylander (1532-1576; inscription, annotations) – ‘Fabri’ (possibly Heidelberg University student Johann Faber; inscription) – Hieronymus Commelinus (c.1550-1597’; inscription, annotations) – Willem Goes (politician; inscription, his sale in 1687 where it realised a price of nine florins) – Pieter Burmann (1714-1788; inscription recording purchase price of 20 florins) – Jona Willem Te Walter (historian and theologian from Leidein, 1740-1822; inscription) – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate).
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