Aristaenetus; Behotte, Adrien:

Epistolae Graecae. Cum Latina interpretatione & notis. Altera editio emendatior & auctior. [Bound with:] Apophoretorum libri tres.

      Parisiis: Apud Marcum Orry; Lutetiae [Paris]: Ex officina Typographica Cl. Morelli, [1600]; 1602.. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo., pp. [xvi] 282 [ii]; 192 [xvi]. First work with facing pages of Greek and Latin. Light browning, some spotting, ink shelfmark to first title, stamped shelfmark to upper pastedown, ink notes to pastedowns and title verso. Contemporary vellum boards, long sides overlapping, spine defective and mostly lost (but binding sound), scratched and a little darkened, f.f.e.p. removed. The works of the Greek epistolographer Aristaenetus (fl. 5th/6th cent. AD), comprising two books of love stories in letter form. The Encylopedia Britannica (11th edn.) reports that 'the stories are feeble and insipid, and full of strange and improbable incidents'. This is the second Orry edition, following the first and a reprint in 1595 and 1596; there was a third in 1610. The second work is the scholarly debut of the French Catholic Adrien Behotte (1578-1638), archdeacon of the cathedral at Rouen, dedicated to Jacques-Auguste de Thou and comprising three books of notes on ancient authors. Adams A1695..