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AESCHYLUS. Tragoediae VII. Greek text, edited by Pietro Vettori. [8], 395 pages. 4to, 238x159 mm, 18th-century mottled calf, spine attractively gilt with morocco lettering piece; occasional light toning, dampstain in lower outer corner of opening leaves, early partly scored signatures on title. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet (1772-1848). handsome copy. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1557
first complete edition in the original greek, including the previously unpublished Agamemnon, "the greatest Aeschylean tragedy, and one of the great masterpieces of Western dramatic literature"--Schreiber 145. GLN-2029; Hoffmann I, 34.
