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Sophoclis tragoediae septem, Latino carmine redditae & annotationibus illustratae, per Thomam Naogeorgum Straubingensem. Quarum nomina versa pagina reperies. Collectae sunt etiam gnomai dictaq[ue]; proverbialia ex hisce tragoedijs, per eundem, adq[ue]; finem operis adiectae Graece & Latine.
by SOPHOCLES, [Trans. and notes by Thomas Naogeorg]
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- Hardcover
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Basilae: Per Ioanem Oporinum [ 1558 ], 1558. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 499, [13]. Bound in later full red morocco with gilt border fillets on front and rear covers. All edges of the book block are gilt. The binding contains areas of rubbing and wear; minor careful restoration is present to the head cap of the spine and to the corner tips of the boards. The upper corner tip of the front blank fly leaf is restored. Interior pages show some light age-toning and scattered mild foxing but are generally clean. This is a Latin translation from the Greek of the seven tragedies of Sophocles - Ajax Flagellifer, Electra, Oedipus Tyrannus, Antigone, Oedipus Coloneus, Trachiniae, Philoctetes. The translation and notes are by Thomas Kirchmeyer (Naogeorgus) 1508-1563, was an influential dramatist, humanist and Lutheran theologian. The preliminaries include a dedication to Johannes Jacob Fugger and also contain short verses by the educator Johannes Sturm, the Latin poet and theologian Johann Seckervitz (Seccervitus) and the humanities scholar and alchemist Michael Toxites, among others. Scarce edition - not in Schweiger or Moss. [Adams S-1453; VD16 S-7040; Hoffmann III, p. 424].
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- Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
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- Sophoclis tragoediae septem, Latino carmine redditae & annotationibus illustratae, per Thomam Naogeorgum Straubingensem. Quarum nomina versa pagina reperies. Collectae sunt etiam gnomai dictaq[ue]; proverbialia ex hisce tragoedijs, per eundem, adq[ue]; finem operis adiectae Graece & Latine.
- Author
- SOPHOCLES, [Trans. and notes by Thomas Naogeorg]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - See Description
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- 1
- Publisher
- Per Ioanem Oporinum [ 1558 ]
- Place of Publication
- Basilae
- Date Published
- 1558
- Keywords
- SOPHOCLES TRAGEDY GREEK CLASSICAL LITERATURE DRAMA TRADGEDIES
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- Classical and Medieval Literature;
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Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
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