Τραγῳδίαι … Tragoediae – Frankfurt 1544

Τραγῳδίαι ἑπτὰ μετὰ σχολίων παλαιῶν καὶ πάνυ ὠφελίμων. Tragoediae septem, cum interpretationibus vetustis & valde utilibus […] — Frankfurt, Peter Braubach, 1544.

4to (221 x 167 mm). (2), 193, (1) leaves. Wide margins, a few deckle edges. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards. 1 of 2 clasps. No upper fly-leaf. 1546 on upper cover. Binding with a few spots. One of the rols dated 1543 with signature PS.

Provenance: On title-page an early ownerhip entry reads ARechenberg, i. e. Adam Rechenberg, a 17th century Professor of Greek at Leipzig University. On paste-down a name that looks like F. C. Kirchoff.

Some early notes and underlinings in the Scholia. Elektra with ms. line numbering. Quotations from the introduction of Antonius Francinus Varchiensis to the Giunta 1522 edition on paste-down. First of three Braubach editions.

VD 16, S 7033; Adams S 1443; Hoffmann III, 412.