[Rarebooks] Pindar. Paris: 1582

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Pindarus. OPERA OMNIA VIDELICIT, OLYMPIA, PYTHEA, NEMEA, & ISTHMIA, Latino Carmine Reddita per Nicolaum Sudorium... Paris: Ex Officina Federici Morelli. 1582. 8vo. ff.(8),36;50;77,(3). With the final blank. 3 parts in 1, each with a title page. Entirely ruled in red throughout. Bound in 19th century marbled boards, later morocco spine, gilt stamped.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
An uncommon edition. The first Latin translation of the works of Pindar by Nicolas LeSueur. The individual titles had appeared in the 1570s but are here collected together. BL French STC p. 352 (defective, with only 2 of the 3 parts). Adams P1237.

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