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Lycophron. Alexandra, obscurum poema. Cum Graeco Isaacii, seu potius Joannis, Tzetzae commentario. Versiones, variants lectiones, emendations, adnotations, & indices necessarios. Adjecit Joannes Potterus. Editio secunda. 8 pages, 183 pages, 17 pages, 174 pages, 9 pages. With stung frontispiece and stung title vignette. 32.5 x 21 cm. Semi-leather d. C. (stainy, rubbed and rubbed, bumped corners) with ornamental gold plating and gold-embossed title. Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1702. Schweiger 200. – Second print of the Oxford edition, first published in 1697. Splendid quart printing with the classical commentary of the Byzantine scholar Johannes Tzetzes (c. 1110-c.1180), which was again increased and improved for this edition. The Greek grammarian and poet Lycophron of Chalkis (about 320 B.C. ==References== Ascribed to a dramatic monologue with the dark prophecies of the seer Kassandra about the downfall of Troy. "Eusserst seltne Ausgabe" (silence). With Greek-Latin parallel text and as well as Greek and Latin title page. – Frontispiz and both title pages old stamped. A little flaky, slightly wavy in the edge by moisture.
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Lycophron — Alexandra, obscurum poema
1702 Oxford edition of Lycophron's Alexandra. Half-leather binding.
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350 €
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Price checked 26/09/2026, 14:09:35
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- Lot #
- 2080
- Currency
- EUR
- Location
- Berlin, DE
- Lot Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Auction Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Lots in Auction
- 208