Description: Ἰσοκρατους λογοι και ἐπιστολαι. Isocratis Orationes set Epistolæ. Cum Latina Interpretatione Hieronymi Wolfii, ab ipso postremùm recognita. Editio Secunda. Oliva Pauli Stephani, Anno M. 1604. Estienne printer’s device, Latin & Greek parallel text, original vellum binding, 17th C. Ownership, 844 pp + [index], 6.5 x 4”, 12mo. In fair condition. Original vellum boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed, but intact. Any lettering on spine is dulled & illegible. Cording visible at both front and rear hinges (possibly as issued). Water or tea dampness staining found on fore-edge of text-block. Ownership bookplate found on front paste-down, with some pencil marginalia. Old-hand ink marginalia found on front end-page: “Sum ex Libris Joannis Wernari (?) Reich ã Platz, Anno 1646.” Ex-library ink stamps found on front end-page & title page: “Petit Semenaire a de Pons. Old-hand ink marginalia also found on title page, the same as front end-page, but dated 1647. Title page lightly scuffed & chipped at fore-edge. Normal toning & some age-staining throughout text-block. Ink marginalia found on rear paste-down. Original binding overall tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Imprint by Paul Estienne (Pauli Stephani, born 1567), son of Henri Estienne (also known as Henricus Stephanus, 1528 or 1531 - 1598). Henri was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the Thesaurus graecae linguae, which was printed in five volumes. The basis of Greek lexicology, no thesaurus would rival that of Estienne's for three hundred years. Henri Estienne was married three times. He married Marguerite Pillot in 1555, Barbe de Wille in 1556, and Abigail Pouppart in 1586. Estienne had fourteen children, three of whom survived him. His daughter was married to Isaac Casaubon. His son Paul (born 1567) assumed control of the presses in Geneva with Casaubon but he fled to Paris from the authorities. Paul's son Antoine became "Printer to the King" in Paris and "Guardian of the Greek Matrices"; however his death in 1674 ended the nearly two-century-long Estienne printing business. Isocrates (436–338 BC) was an ancient Greek rhetorician, one of the ten Attic orators. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates made many contributions to rhetoric and education through his teaching and written works. Greek rhetoric is commonly traced to Corax of Syracuse, who first formulated a set of rhetorical rules in the fifth century BC. His pupil Tisias was influential in the development of the rhetoric of the courtroom, and by some accounts was the teacher of Isocrates. Within two generations, rhetoric had become an important art, its growth driven by social and political changes such as democracy and courts of law. Isocrates starved himself to death, two years before his 100th birthday. His major orations include: Ad Demonicum, Ad Nicoclem, Archidamus, Busiris, De Pace, Evagoras, Helena, Nicocles, Panegyricus, & Philippus. RAREE1604DQRX 07/24 - HK1874
Price: 800 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Leather
Language: Latin & Greek
Author: Isocrates
Publisher: Paul Estienne
Topic: Philosophy
Subject: Ancient Greece
Original/Facsimile: Original
