De vita Pythagorae, & Protrepticae orationes ad Philosophiam lib. II. … — 1598

De vita Pythagorae, & Protrepticae orationes ad Philosophiam lib. II. Nuncquam hactenus visi, nunc vero Graece & Latine primum editi cum necessariis castigationibus & notis. Addita sunt in fine Theanus, Myiae, Melissae & Pythagorae aliquot epistola Gr. & Lat. Iohanne Arcerio Theodoreto Frisio authore et interprete.  — In Bibliopolio Commeliniano Anno CIƆ IƆ XCVIII.

(Colophon:) Excudebat Aegidius Radaeus ordinum Frisiae typographus Franekerae. Ann. M. D. XCVIII. X. Cal. Decemb.

Franeker, Gilles van den Rade for Commelinus, Heidelberg, Nov. 22 1598

Editio princeps of both works

4to (199 x 139 mm). (7) leaves of 8, 224, 176, 80 p. Lacking **2 (= 5th leaf of the Epistola dedicatoria; supplied in facsimile). Recent vellum.

Provenance: An interleaved copy. Near contemporary annotations on the blank leaves, many refer to ancient authors – from Aristotle to Triclinius – or quote their works; others correct the printed Greek and Latin text.

The annotations are written in Greek and less in Latin, in two or three different hands, 17th century.

Hoffmann II 387f.; ustc 664874.