Epicae elegiæque minorum poetarum gnomæ, Græce ac Latine

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Full title: Epicae elegiæque minorum poetarum gnomæ, Græce ac Latine: Pythagoræ sc. Phocylidis, Theognidis, Solonis, & aliorum qui aversa pagina recensentur. Addita in fine Variantis Scripturæ notatio: correcta item multis in locis interpretatio Latina, Græcis ex adverso apposita: Opera & studio Frid. Sylburgii. 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [16], 110, [2] (blank). Signatures: [dagger]⁸ A-G⁸ (G8 blank). Contemporary vellum. Remnants of ties. Manuscript inscriptions on boards, numerous annotations. Tear on first blank, partial loss of inscription. Edges in blue. Title vignette (publisher's device). Headpieces, engraved initial. Latin and Greek on opposite pages. The earliest questioning of the immensely popular pseudo-Phocylides verses, which are now thought to be Jewish/Christian, dating from ca. 50 BC-AD 170. See H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, P1698. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.