Deesse. 1979. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 47 pages - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
SYNESIUS of Cyrene ( Bishop of Ptolemais ) - Frédéric Morel ( editor ) - Franciscus PORTUS ( professor of Greek in the university of Geneva ) :
Reference : 47368
Paris, ex officina Typographica Claudij Morelli, via Iacobæa ad insigne Fontis, 1605, in-8°, (16) nn pp + 623 pp + (1)(bl) (complete). Bound in contemporary vellum, brown coloured smooth spine with manuscript title in white ( a bit faded), modern title label tipped on to the front cover, first fly leaf with dark waterstains and a cut out. Second and third quire (A,B) which were obviously printed on a lesser paper quality with some browning, otherwise a very fine copy. Paris edition of 156 letters of Synesius of Cyrene (c. 373 - c. 414) edited by Frédéric Morel le jeune (1553-1630) and with the notes by Franciscus Portus ( in Italian Francesco Porto ) (1511 - 1581). He was born on Crete and stayed for a while at the court of Ferrara. He settled in Geneva in 1562 where he was appointed to the chair of Greek at the University of Geneva. The edition is bi-lingual with the Greek and Latin texts on opposite pages..