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THUCYDIDES. Historiae de bello Peloponnesiaco, libri octo. Latin translation by Veit Oertel. [24], 546 pages. Folio, 320x200 mm, contemporary Wittenberg(?) blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with concentric rolls of cresting pattern and scenes from the life of Christ signed MV around panel stamps depicting the Seven Liberal Arts, front cover additionally stamped M*C*F at top and 1571 at bottom, ties lacking, spine ends restored, covers slightly warped; marginal toning through much of volume, marginal dampstaining and minor worming without text loss on opening leaves, front free endpaper lacking. Signatures of H. A. Blauel dated 1826 and Ludwig Stern dated 1863 on title. Wittenberg: (Johannes Crato, January) 1569
first oertel edition, in a richly decorated contemporary binding. The front panel shows allegorical figures of Grammatica, Dialectica, Retorica, and Arithmetica; the rear panel, dated 1566, shows Musica, Geometria, and Astronomia. Hoffmann III, 557; for the historiated roll see Haebler, Rollen- und Plattenstempel I, 464.
