Historische beschrijving der grieksche en oostersche wijsgeeren : behelsende der selver daaden, gevoelens en gedenkwaardige spreuken. Waar by gevoegd is, Basilius Kennet, Leeraar der vrye Konften, &c. in de Hooge School, Levensbedrijf der Grieksche...
Te Leyden (Leiden): Pieter van Der Aa, 1702. Hardcover. 4to (10" x 16"). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #004491
Thomas Stanley, Schild-Knaap. Historische beschrijving der grieksche en oostersche wijsgeeren : behelsende der selver Daaden, gevoelens en gedenkwaardige spreuken. Waar by gevoegd is, Basilius Kennet, Leeraar der vrye Konften, &c. in de Hooge School tot Oxfort, Levensbedrijf der grieksche digteren, beyde uyt de laatste engelsche drukken vertaald door Salomon Bor, Bedienar des Goddelijken Woords tot Zeyst. Zijnde dese werken alomme vercierd met getrouwelijken naar oude marmorebeelden, gedenkpenningen, gesteentens, etc, getekende printen plaatkunst : En yder met sijn besondere Bladwijzers voozien. Dutch. Two volumes in one. Full calf boards, red spine label, gilt compartments, panel and medallion to boards. Speckled edges. [16], 432, [8], [8], 114, [2] pp. [6] engraved plates. Engraved title + typographic title page, several full-page engravings in-text. Foliated and grotesque head- and tail-pieces, inhabited and foliated initials. Text in two columns. Professionally rebound, original boards and spine, cloth hinge repair. Wear to spine label, rubbing to extremities, scuffs and cracking to calf boards. A few small spots of wear to edges. Outer edge gilt dentelle detailing has been significantly rubbed. Repairs to fore- and tail edge of half-title and engraved title. Some damp staining to endpapers, upper corner of some pages near front, and fore edge near rear. Light foxing and a few sporadic stains, offsetting, but text remains clear, readable, and free of annotations. Stub to p. 99 of second sequence. Volume one by Thomas Stanley (1625-1678) is a series of critical biographies of ancient Greek philosophers. Volume two by Basil Kennett is a treatment of ancient Greek poetry and literature, including Homer, Empedocles, Pindar, and others. STCN #175849730.
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