Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo. ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Frankfurt: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude Marne and Jean Aubry, 1594. Thick folio (35.5 x 23.5 cm). Contemp. full old calf (corners refurbished). Spine rebacked to match. (xvi, 631, 568, 24pp.). With replaced facs. title-page, incl. woodcut printers device, dec. initials, headpieces, and illust. colophon. Soiling at beginning and end of text. Rubber "Duplicate" stamp on verso of final leaf. Previous owners bookplate on front end-paper. Repairs to page 2. NOTE: 1st edition of the Gretan Franciscus Portus's translation into Latin with parallel Greek.