Graecorum res publicae ab Ubbone Emmio descriptio. 1-2.

EMMIUS, Ubbo.

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Leiden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1632-44. 24mo. Engr. title page,+ 3-413,+ (3); 300,+ (3) pp. A small tear pp. 67-68 in part one and a few minor spots. Contemporary vellum, discret and finely handwritten title in ink on spine. From the library of Ericsberg, with its book plate cut down to size. Willems 364. Berghman 1575. This is the second edition, with the second part dated 1644. The engraved title, which is the same as in the first edition, is signed ?C.C.D.? (=Duysend). The text was earlier published in the third part of ?Vetus Graecia? 1626. The first part deals with Athen and Sparta, ?De republica Atheniensium?, ?De republica Laconum?, and the second with Carthago, Crete, Argos, Thebes, Corinth, Corcyra, Syracuse, Samos, Chios, Rhodes, Epirus, Massilia, etc. Ubbo Emmius (1547-1625) was a German professor in Greek and History at Groningen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Graecorum res publicae ab Ubbone Emmio descriptio. 1-2.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback