Oppianus & Pindar
Ἁλιευτικῶν βιβλία Ε. Κυνηγετικῶν βιβλία Δ. & Ὀλύμπια … — Paris 1555, 1558
2.000 €Oppianus
Ἁλιευτικῶν βιβλία Ε. Κυνηγετικῶν βιβλία Δ. — Parisiis, M.D.LV. Apud Adr. Turnebum typographum Regium. (Colophon: Parisiis excudebatur Typis Regiis M.D.LV.) Bound with:
Oppianus
De piscatu libri V. Laurentio Lippio interprete. De venatione libri IIII. ita conversi, ut singula verba singulis respondeant. In eorum gratiam qui Græca cum Latinis conjungere volunt. — Parisiis, M.D.LV. Apud Guil. Morelium. (Colophon: Describebat, et typis mandabat, Guil. Morelius, Lutetiae Parisiorum, M.D.LV.
Paris, A. Turnèbe & G. Morel, 1555
Pindar
Ὀλύμπια, Πύθια, Νεμέα, Ἰσθμία. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. — Parisiis, M. D. LVIII. Apud Gulielmum Morelium in Gracis typographum Regium.
Paris, G. Morel, 1558
4to (210 x 146 mm), binding: 220 x 159 mm. 17th century calf, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches, lower joint weak. Faint foxing on some pages.
Provenance: Albertus Le Feure Parisiensis Doct. Medic. and Domus …[?] on title-page of Oppianus. Early annotations in Greek in the Greek edition of Oppianus.
Oppianus:
Greek ed.: *2 A-Z, Aa-Dd4. (4), 207, (9) p. – BP16 114376; Adams O-204.
Latin ed.: [ ]1 *2 A-O4 P6 Q-Z4 Aa-Bb4. (6), 203 p. – BP16 114454; Adams O-206. On the dispute between Turnèbe and Bodin about plagiarism of the translation see J. Lewis, Adrien Turnèbe … p. 163ff.
Pindar:
α2 A-C8 D4 E8 F4 G-L8 M4 N6 O-Q8 R4 S6 T-V8 X4: 586 (i. e. 286) p. – BP16 114598; Adams P-1225; Hoffmann III 97: „Diese schöne Ausgabe ist von einem sehr gelehrten Mann, vielleicht von Morellus selbst, besorgt.“ On the manuscripts used by Morel see S. Fogelmark, The Kallierges Pindar, Cologne 2015, 239f.
In Morel’s catalogue of 1560 the price for the Pindar was 9 sous, but you could also buy separate parts of the edition, which were between 15 desniers for Isthmia and 3 sous for Olympia. The Greek Oppianus was 7 sous, the Latin edition 5 sous.










