OPPIANUS.

De Venatione lib. IIII. De Piscatu lib. V. Cum interpretatione latina commentariis, et indice rerum in utroque opere memorabilium locupletissimo, confectis studio et opera Conradi Rittershusii. Leyden, ex officina Plantiniana, 1597. 8vo. With woodcut printer's device on title page. Contemporary vellum with gilt stamped covers and spine, back cover stained.

      (88), 376, (32); (8), 344; 164, (4) pp.Adams, O 207; BM Dutch, 162; Schwerdt, II 50; STC Leiden Imprints 1483-1600, 78; Thiébaud, Z 696-697. Edition "valued on account of the emendations and notes supplied by Ritterhusius, the learned editor" (Schwerdt). Oppian is the name of two author of didactic poems in Greek hexameters. Oppian of Corycus in Cilicia wrote the poem on fishing (Halieutica) of about 3500 lines which he dedicated to Aurelius and his son Commodus (c. 170). Oppian of Apamea in Syria dedicated his poem on hunting (Cynegetica) to the emperor Caracalla, so that this must have been written after 211 and which consists of four books. The author evidently knew the Halieutica, and perhaps intended his poem as a supplement. Both works are printed here in Greek with the Latin translation.Browned in places; two marginal wormholes; bookplates of H. Gallice and Marcel Jeanson; flyleaves slightly damaged.