Crastonus, Johannes

DICTIONARIUM GRAECUM Copiosissimum Secundum Ordinem Alphabeti cum Interpretatione Latina

      Venice: Aldus Manutius.. Dec. 1497. Folio. 243 (of 244) leaves, lacking the last blank. Greek & Latin text in 2 columns of 42 lines, index in 3 columns of 55 lines. Bound circa 1800 in full orange morocco, ornately gilt, with a large central dolphin & anchor within a rope border on each cover. The Syston Park Library copy, with the 2 bookplates of Sir John H. Thorold (1734-1815). Also with the bookplate of T. J. Coolidge, Jr. Marbled endpapers. A.e.g. A few leaves with minor repairs at the lower blank margin. Binding a bit rubbed, but perfectly sound and quite attractive.