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LYCOPHRON. Alexandra, obscurum poema. Greek text with Latin translation by Willem Canter and commentary ascribed to John Tzetzes. [10], 211, [1]; 59 pages. bound with: PINDAR; et al. Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Greek text with Latin translation and Greek scholia, edited by Paul Estienne. [16], 487 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, 240x165 mm, 17th-century vellum boards with faded spine title in ink, dark discoloration on front cover, turn-ins sprung; dampstaining in lower inner corners throughout, first title page browned, 19th-century owners' signatures on front free endpaper. [Geneva]: Paul Estienne, 1601; 1599
The first work is the first Estienne edition of a 4th-century B.C. verse monologue in which Cassandra prophesies the fate of the Trojans and Greeks. The second is the first book with the imprint of Paul Estienne, the only Estienne edition of the Greek lyric poets in quarto format, and the only one to include the ancient Greek scholia. Hoffmann II, 569, and III, 98; Schreiber 272, 268.
