1602 Euripides Tragoediae (Paul Estienne Imprint) First Geneva Edition Complete

Description: Euripidis Tragoediæ quæ extant. Cum Latina Gulielmi Canteri interpretatione. Scholia doctorum virorum in septem Euripidis tragoedias, ex antiquis exemplaribus ab Arsenio Monembasiæ archiepiscopo collecta. Accesserunt doctæ Iohannis Brodæi, Gulielmi Canteri, Gasparis Stiblini, Æmilii Porti, in Euripidem Annotationes. Cum indicibus necessariis. Genevæ: Excudebat Paulus Stephanus. 1602. 747 p., 215 + index. Latin & Greek parallel text. [bound with] Euripidis Tragoediarum pars Altera. 846 p. [bound with] Ioannis Brodaei Turonensis in eu Ripidis Tragoedias Aliquot Annotationes. 261 p. First Geneva Edition. Full leather binding measuring 9 x 6.25 x 3.5”, 8vo. In fair condition. Full leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine are slightly chipped with exposed headband. Dampness stain found on front board, close to bottom corner. Spine beginning to exhibit desiccation. Gilt lettering and deco on spine normally dulled, but legible. Hinges rubbed; rear hinge beginning to crack at head. Edges of text-block painted red (dulled). Marbled end-papers dulled. Light toning throughout text-block with some instances of age-staining or finger-soiling. Binding remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Imprint by Paul Estienne (Pauli Stephani, born 1567), son of Henri Estienne (also known as Henricus Stephanus, 1528 or 1531 - 1598). Henri was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the Thesaurus graecae linguae, which was printed in five volumes. The basis of Greek lexicology, no thesaurus would rival that of Estienne's for three hundred years. Henri Estienne was married three times. He married Marguerite Pillot in 1555, Barbe de Wille in 1556, and Abigail Pouppart in 1586. Estienne had fourteen children, three of whom survived him. His daughter was married to Isaac Casaubon. His son Paul (born 1567) assumed control of the presses in Geneva with Casaubon but he fled to Paris from the authorities. Paul's son Antoine became "Printer to the King" in Paris and "Guardian of the Greek Matrices"; however his death in 1674 ended the nearly two-century-long Estienne printing business. In the original Greek and Latin. With the prefatory matter, index and critical notes in Latin, and the text of Euripides in Greek with accompanying Latin translation.The scarce first Geneva edition of this work, and retaining the original half titles. Credited to the title page to translator Willem Canter, a classical scholar from Utrecht, however this has since been challenged by Brunet, who claims it is the work of Aemilius Portus. Present here are the tragic dramas of Euripides - including Hecuba, Orestes, Medea, Hippolytus, Andromache, Bacchae, Cyclops, and Electra. RAREE1602HRSX 11/24 - HK2166

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