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EURIPIDES. Tragoediae septendecim. Greek text, edited by Marcus Musurus. [266] (of [268]); [189] (of [190]) leaves; lacks the blanks [phi]6, 2[nu]6, and 2[upsilon]6. 2 volumes. 8vo, 150x91 mm, later 18th-century red straight-grain morocco gilt, spines darkened and brittle, joints rubbed and starting; marginal stains on opening leaves in Volume 1, Volume 2 title toned, with 16th-century signature of Charilaus Salmonius Macrinus [i. e., Charles Macrin], early 17th-century inscriptions at end. Bookplates of Douglas Maxwell Moffat. (Venice: Aldus, February 1503)
first edition in the original greek of the extant plays, with the exception of the 4 plays (Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, and Andromache) previously published circa 1495, and Electra, which first appeared in 1545; issue with preface on A1v and epigrams on A2r. Renouard, page 43(10); Ahmanson-Murphy 69; Hoffmann II, 68; Fletcher, In Praise of Aldus Manutius, page 51 ('not superseded until the eighteenth century').
