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PINDAR. Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Printer's woodcut device on title and at end; heading, initial, and some lines of text printed in red on [beta]1r. [240] leaves, including the 2 blanks. 4to, 227x162 mm, contemporary English calf over wooden boards with frame and saltire formed by repetitions of ornamental roll on covers, brass catches and restored clasps, possibly a remboîtage, rebacked preserving early manuscript pastedowns; attractive copy with only infrequent marginal soiling and foxing, scattered marginal stains, spotting and early inscriptions on title. Bookplate and pencil notes of Victor von Stedingk on front endpapers. Rome: Zacharias Kallierges, (1515)
Second edition in the original Greek after the Aldine first of 1513, and first edition to include the scholia. This was also the first book in Greek printed in Rome. Legrand (16th century) I, 47; Hoffmann III, 256; Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings 890.
