Euripides. Tragoedia Hippolytus, quam, Latino carmine conversam a Georgio Ratallero, adnotationibus instruxit Ludov. Casp. Valckenaer. XXVIII, 322 pp., 9 Bl. With stitched text vignette. 24.5 x 19.5 cm. Semi-leather d. Z. (stronger stained, rubbed, damaged and bruised, back partly defective, Vdeckel loose). Leiden, Johannes Luzac & Johannes Le Mair, 1768. Shut up 118. Ebert 7107 (both: "very rare"). Brunet II, 223 ("très recherchée"). Dibdin I, 548f. – First edition of the highly acclaimed Greek-Latin edition of Dutch philologist Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (1715-1785), with which he became one of the leading Euripides commentators. – A little brownish, initially with a narrow moisture margin. The fl. Resolutions. – Attached: Ludwig Caspar Valckenaer. Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias. 4 Bl., 311 S. Ebenda 1767. - The often tied side band. - A little stained, at the end with two brown spots in the bow.