To modify your purchase order,
contact the auction house.
12 - ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΟΥΣ [ARISTOPHANIS ΚΩΜΩΔΙΑΙ ΕΝΔΕΚΑ COMOEDIAE UNDECIM, AVRELIAE ALLOBROGUM. [GENEVA], 1607
Starting price
€580The reserve price is the minimum price accepted by the seller. Bidders cannot see this price. To win an item, you must place the highest bid and meet or exceed the reserve price.
Registrations are closed for this sale. You cannot place a bid.
The converted amounts are provided for informational purposes only. Only the currency determined for the sale by the auction house is binding. You can select a different currency by going to the "Preferences" page in your profile.
Fees including the auction house's fees and the platform's fees. For further details, please refer to the auction house's General Terms and Conditions of Sale.
Estimation
Sale fees
ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΟΥΣ [ARISTOPHANIS ΚΩΜΩΔΙΑΙ ΕΝΔΕΚΑ COMOEDIAE UNDECIM, AVRELIAE ALLOBROGUM. [GENEVA], 1607 Early 17th-century edition of all 11 surviving comedies of Aristophanes. Elegant Royal folio (36 × 23 cm). Contemporary full vellum, slightly soiled; upper cover with a c. 5 cm loss of vellum; manuscript title on spine. Text clean and bright with only very minor scattered spotting in a few pages. Greek text with parallel Latin translation. Complete: [22], 916, [28] pp. Overall a very good copy. Aristophanes’ works were highly praised from the early Renaissance onward. This handsome Geneva folio edition, edited by Edouard Biseti de Charlais, includes new commentaries and represents one of the important early modern scholarly treatments of the Athenian comic poet. References: Brunet 172; Dibdin 298
Auction details
Travels and discoveries in Greece and the Levant The Library of a Greek gentleman, Part DAuction house
Athens Auctions +30 2 10 32 50 173 athensauctions@athensauctions.grDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.