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[In Greek and Latin]: Tragoediae septem. S.l. Geneva], Henri II Estienne, 1568. 2 parts in one volume in-4, red morocco, triple fillet gilt, spine decorated, inner border gilt, edges gilt (Binding of the 18th century). Renouard, Estienne, p. 131. - Schreiber, n°171. Important edition, containing the scholies compiled in the 14th century by the Byzantine philologist Demetrius Triclinius, corrected by Henri Estienne, the commentaries of Joachim Camerarius and the Latin translation by the same of the tragedies Ajax and Electra. Elegant Greek printing by Henri Estienne, the title decorated with the typographical mark known as the olive tree. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY IN A PERFECT 18TH CENTURY MOROCCO BINDING OF GREAT ELEGANCE. IT BEARS THE MARK OF A PRESTIGIOUS LIBRARY. Some light foxing, small wormholes filled in the lower margin of the last leaves. Small scratch on the second cover and small lack at the head cover.