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GREC STRABON

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Strabonis de situ orbis Libri XVII. Grece & latine simuliam (...) Basel, Henri Petri, 1549. 1 vol. in-folio. Without binding, original boards, visible nerves. Two-column printing in Greek and Latin. Small woodcut representing Libya, page 782. Handwritten notes in the margins, at the beginning of the work. Handwritten bookplate on the title page: "Le Corf seigneur de gommars Capitaine de Vaisseaux sur terre". Missing the Bbi leaf : pages 565 - 566. Strong wetness on the last 14 leaves.tear without missing page 62, ink stain on page 516. Two other volumes are enclosed : ESTIENNE, Henri - SCAPULA, Johann - DE LAYMARIE, Guillaume. Lexicon Graecolatinum recentiss. Guillelmum Laemarium, 1598. 1 vol. small in-4. Full contemporary blond calf, double gilt fillet on the boards, spine gilt, gilt title. Engraved ornament on the title. A few short leaves in the upper margin, with damage to the text. Angular staining on some leaves. Marginal loss on the last five leaves. Covers missing, binding rubbed. As is. SCALIGER, Joseph. Opus de emendatione temporvm... addita veterum Graecorum fragmenta selecta... Geneva, Typis Roverianis, 1629. 1 vol. in-folio. Full contemporary calf, spine ornamented, title gilt. Last edition according to the author's manuscript, with complements and additions; Greek fragments as a supplement. Worn binding, cracks at the joints, missing headpieces... As is.

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