[Poetae Christiani veteres:] Vetustissimorum Authorum Georgica, Bucolica, & Gnomica poemata.
[Geneva:]: Jean Crespin, 1569-1570.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
First thus. Woodcut title borders. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials and ornaments. Text in Greek and Latin. 16mo. Modern blind-ruled calf. Adams P-1691. Provenance: Signet Library (inscription to verso of front free endpaper).
Item #304783
Anthology of Greek and early Christian poetry by Hesiod, Theocritus, Bion, Moschus and others, edited by Jean Crespin and first published by him in Geneva in 1569-70, this volume displays elegant Greek and Latin typography in a fine, small typeface.