Considered one of the most obscure poetic works written, there is much debate as to the story being told but it boils down to the tale of Cassandra and her warnings during the Trojan War told in 1474 iambic trimeters. This edition is in Greek and Latin with the Latin Version attributed to Gulielmi Canteri. Nice modern re-binding in half leather and marbled papers. The text is complete with an index at the beginning. Nice vignette on title page.Very Good Condition: 12mo( 7 1/4” x 4 5/8”): half leather modern re-bind with marble papers over the boards and plain endpapers: foxing and discoloration to the text: occasional pencil mark: note in pen on title page (4, 66(2g54): Title page repaired and re-tipped in place: publisher’s flourished decorating beginning of text: Text Complete: Annotations Complete: Pencil marks at rear and stamp in blue “John Doukas”: “Lycophronis Chalcidensis: Alexander, siue Cassandra, cum Versione Latina Gulielmi Canteri”: Geneva: Hieronymum Commelinum: 1596
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