1617 Eusebii, Polychronii, Pselli: In Canticum - I. Meursius, Elzevir Publishing

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Eusebii, Polychronii, Pselli, in Canticum Canticorum Expositiones Graecè. Ioannes Meursius Primus nunc è tenebris eruit, & publicauit. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officinâ Elzeviriana. Typis Godefridi Basson. 1617, first edition. Contemporary binding with marbled boards & vellum spine, extra wide margins, incomplete as a work: missing Signature G (pages 49-56), **text in Greek, 186 pp, 8 x 6.25", 8vo. **Title, Introduction/Preface, and Notes are in Latin, while body of text is in Greek. In fair condition. Modern binding scuffed at edges & worn at corners. Vellum corners are covered with marbling. Spine exhibits general soiling & discoloration; title label heavily rubbed - only date remains. Head and tail of spine scuffed, but intact. Ex-libris bookplate found on front paste-down: Albert Rome Merrill. Torn sticker also exhibited on front paste-down: 330 F-. Front end-page & fly-leaf lacking, text begins at title page. General toning and foxing throughout text-block. Some leaves' fore-edges are chipped. Some instances of pencil marginalia. Signature H lacking - text jumps from Page 48 to Page 57. Pasted-in bibliographic information found on rear paste-down. Modern binding intact. Please see photos. Elzevir is the name of a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The duodecimo series of "Elzevirs" became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles, who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these books. Although it appears the family was involved with the book trade as early as the 16th century, it is only known for its work in some detail beginning with Lodewijk Elzevir. The fame of the Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir. Their Greek and Hebrew impressions are considered inferior to those of the Aldines and the Estiennes, but their small editions in 12mo, 16mo, and 24mo, for their elegance of design, neatness, clearness, regularity of type, and beauty of paper, cannot be surpassed. Daniel Elzevirium was the son of Bonaventura. This work was printed in Leiden (rather than Antwerp). Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (1579-1639) was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary. He was born at Loosduinen, near The Hague. For ten years, he was the tutor to the children of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, accompanying the family on Oldenbarnevelt's diplomatic missions to many of the courts of Europe. While on such a trip, in 1608, Meursius obtained a doctorate of law in Orléans. In 1610, he was appointed professor of Greek and history and Leiden, and in the following year historiographer to the States-General of the Netherlands. Meursius authored the Glossarium graeco-barbarum, one of the first dictionaries of Modern Greek. In this work, Meursius reviews the expositions of Eusebius of Caesarea, Polychronius, & Pselli and their Canticle of Canticles in Greek. Early House of Elzevir edition. N° de ref. del artículo RAREE1617GPQX

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