The most important Greek authors edited by the famous humanist and archbishop Marcus Musurus (1470-1517) EPISTOLAE diversorum philosophorum oratorum. Rhetorum sex & viginti. Quorum nomina in sequenti in venies Pagina (in Greek).- EPISTOLAE Basilii Magni, Libanii Rhetoris, Chionis Platonici, Aeschinis & Isocratis oratorium, Phalaridis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonii Tyanensis, Iuliani Apostatae (in Greek).

      Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499.. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Nineteenth century richly gilt and black-stamped calf, g.e. (266; 138) lvs.. Editio princeps of two collections of letters of the most important Greek authors, philosophers, politicians and scientists, like Plato, Demostenes, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Democrites, Heraclites, Diogenes, Euripides, etc. The editor of this important collection, republished at Geneva, in 1606, was the famous Greek humanist and archbishop Marcus Musurus (1470-1517), who contributed greatly to the success of the Greek editions by Aldus Manutius. The work is beautifully produced, and printed in a fine Greek type. All initials are left blank, with printed guide-letters. Good copy, with the bookplates of Johannes Fefri de Legnano, E.M.M. Rodocanachi, G.J. Arvanitidi, and one with the monogram R.E.P.- (Binding sl. rubbed). Renouard I, p. 24-25; Goff E 64; Hain-Copinger 6659; Klebs 379.1; Pellechet 4613; Polain 1416; Oates 2186; Proctor 5569; BMC V 560; GW 9367; IDL 1723.