1547 1st ed Demosthenes Orations GREEK Speeches Politics Ancient Greece Herwagen

1547 1^st ed Demosthenes Orations GREEK Speeches Politics Ancient Greece Herwagen

 

Demosthenes’s orations are considered some of the most significant and important speeches on the politics of ancient Greek culture and Greek law. He spoke out about the use of the Greek navy, the importance of freedom, Athenian law, and the governing of the people. This rare, mid-16^th-century printing of ‘Orationum’ was published by Johan Herwagen and features the expected printer’s mark on the title page.

 

Item number: #5194

Price: $750

 

DEMOSTHENES

 

Tmēma deuteron. Demosthenis orationum pars secunda: in qua iudiciales nouem eius publicae orationes continentur.

 

Basileae : Per Ioannem Heruagium, [1547]. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; tome II
  • [38], 571, [13]
  • Signatures: [*], [**]⁸[***]⁴, aa-zz, aaa-nnn⁸ooo⁴
• References: Adams D 263; USTC 632402; VD16 D 485
• Language: Greek
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
• Very rare with no other example for sale worldwide

 

 

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