APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII. Schola vetusta in eosdem libros, quæ palmam
inter alia omnia in alios poetas scripta, obtinere existinantur. Cum
annotationibus Henrici Stephani: ex quibus, quantum in hanc editionem
contulerit diligentiam, cognosci poterit. [Geneva:] Excudebat Henricus
Stephanus [i.e. Henry Estienne], 1574. 4to (236 x 160mm). Large woodcut printer’s device on title, foliated initials, ornaments, text and scholia printed in Latin and Greek (lacks
blank before title, title lightly stained with a few ink spots, occasional very
light mainly marginal staining, a few darker spots). Contemporary vellum, title
in old manuscript on spine. Provenance: “Judas Iscariot, Judas Iscariot,
false as Judas Iscariot, Queen’s College” (puzzling old inscription on front
pastedown); Baldwin (old signature on title, and some early annotation); Blackwells, Oxford (label); G. L.
Engle 1952 (label); from the Library of the late Sir George Engle. Brunet I, 130: “Edition assez estimée…”; Hoffmann I, 207; Renouard
Estienne I, 141; Schreiber 188: “A very important and beautifully
printed edition of the Argonauticon, including the Greek scholia
surrounding the text.”
