{"product_id":"rare-1568-henri-estienne-annotationes-in-sophoclem-euripidem-geneva-16th-century-classical-scholarship-in-gilt-calf","title":"Rare 1568 Henri Estienne Annotationes in Sophoclem \u0026 Euripidem, Geneva — 16th-Century Classical Scholarship in Gilt Calf","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eA beautifully preserved Renaissance scholarly volume by the celebrated French humanist, classical scholar, and printer Henri Estienne II (Henricus Stephanus), published in Geneva in 1568. The work contains Estienne’s critical annotations on the Greek tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides, together with his studies of tragic Greek orthography and Sophocles’ imitation of Homer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted more than 450 years ago, the volume retains an exceptionally decorative historic leather binding with raised bands, gilt tooling, and red-stained page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Latin title reads:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenrici Stephani Annotationes in Sophoclem \u0026amp; Euripidem: quibus variae lectiones examinantur, \u0026amp; pro mendosis emendatae substituuntur. Eiusdem Tractatus de orthographia quorundam vocabulorum Sophocli cum caeteris tragicis communium. Eiusdem Dissertatio de Sophoclea imitatione Homeri.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eThe title page bears the distinctive Estienne printer’s device, depicting the celebrated olive tree associated with the Estienne printing house, together with the date M.D.LXVIII — 1568.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the separately issued octavo volume of Henri Estienne’s annotations that accompanied his important 1568 edition of Sophocles. Bibliographic records describe the volume as comprising \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[16]\u003c\/span\u003e, 207, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/span\u003e pages\u003cspan\u003e, with the final page blank. The Folger Shakespeare Library records the same edition as printed in Geneva by Henri Estienne in 1568.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe text is primarily in Latin with extensive passages and references in Greek, reflecting Estienne’s extraordinary command of the classical languages and his role in the development of Renaissance Greek scholarship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe binding appears to be a historic full calf binding, likely somewhat later than the printing, with a richly gilt spine divided into decorative compartments by raised bands. Each compartment features ornamental gilt tooling surrounding stylized floral devices. The page edges are stained red.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49064772927743,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/D4586B6C-C4F5-4D97-B7D6-74B93AFBD0A5.png?v=1787279445","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/fr\/products\/rare-1568-henri-estienne-annotationes-in-sophoclem-euripidem-geneva-16th-century-classical-scholarship-in-gilt-calf","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}