NICANDRE. ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΗΡΙΑΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΙΦΑΡΜΑΚΑ. Nicandri Theri - Lot 64

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NICANDRE. ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΗΡΙΑΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΙΦΑΡΜΑΚΑ. Nicandri Theri - Lot 64
NICANDRE. ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΗΡΙΑΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΙΦΑΡΜΑΚΑ. Nicandri Theriaca and Alexipharmaca. Ioannes Gorrhaeus Latinis versibus reddidit Italicis vero qui nunc primum in lucem prodeunt Ant. Mar. Salvinius. Accedunt variantes codicum lectiones, selectæ adnotationes, et Graeca Eutecni Sophistæ Metaphrasis ex codicibus Mediceæ, & Vindobon. Bibliothecæ descripta ac nondum edita. Florence, Ex Officina Moückiana, 1754. In-8° of [8], 376 pp. Mottled fawn half-calf, 2-nerved spine, red morocco t.p. (Contemporary binding). The Theriacs (Thériaka), devoted to the wounds of venomous animals and their remedies (snakes, salamanders, cantharids, spiders, scorpions, butterflies), and the Alexipharmaques (Alexipharmaka), devoted to poisons and their antidotes. Revised edition by Angelo Maria BANDINI. Text in Greek, with the Latin translation by Jean GORRHAEUS opposite, and, at the foot, the Italian translation by SALVINIUS published here for the first time. Note the Paraphrases by EUTEKNIOS the Sophist on NICANDRE's Theriacs, elegantly printed in Greek (pp. 283-375). Ex-libris ms of Jules LACROIX (1809-1887), French poet, translator, librettist and playwright. In 1845, he published a literal verse translation of JUVENAL's and PERSE's Satires, crowned by the Académie the following year, and, in 1848, a translation of the first two books of HORACE's Odes. Brunet, IV, 53. Binding rubbed, interior fresh. A good edition.
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