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Φαλάριδος ἐπιστολαὶ τυράννου Ἀκραγαντινωñν [Letters of Phalaris, tyrant of Acragas]
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Small 4to. ff. [58]. Signatures: 2α-2δ⁸ 2ε⁴ 2ζ⁸ 2η⁴ 2θ¹⁰. Nineteenth-century olive cross-grain morocco, gilt, probably by Charles Lewis (1786-1836). Covers within gilt multiple fillet border, smooth flat spine, richly gilt tooled, title and imprint lettered vertically in gilt, cover edges gilt tooled, inner dentelles, gilt edges. Imprint from colophon; title from head of 2a2. Printer’s device in the form of a pine cone on verso of final leaf. Blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters. Text in Greek; colophon and dedicatory epistle to Pietro Contarino in Latin.</span><br style="word-spacing:0px;" /> <br style="word-spacing:0px;" /> <span style="float:none;word-spacing:0px;">The celebrated and...