Description: Late 18th-century tree calf. Spine decorated with gilt masks, and black and red morocco lettering-pieces, reading "Theocriti Eclogae, Hesiodi Opera et Dies" and "Aldus 1495" respectively. Blue edges. Marbled endpapers.
Source:
Theocritus, Idyllia [Greek]. Add: Theognis; Dionysius Cato: Disticha (Tr: Maximus Planudes); Sententiae Septem sapientium; De invidia; Hesiodus: Opera et dies, Theogonia [Greek]. With table and colophon in Latin
, Venice Aldus Manutius, Romanus Feb. 1495/96
Exact Date: 1770-1800
Type: Binding
ICONCLASS
49M51 book-cover, binding
Last Edited: 2024/11/01 12:51:36
Uploaded by:Tom MacKinnon
