M. Antonini - Antonini Liberalis Transformationum Congeries

Author: M. Antonini Title: Antonini Liberalis Transformationum congeries ; Phlegontis Tralliani de Mirabilibus & longaevis Libellus. Eiusdem De Olympijs fragmentum. Apollonii Historiae mirabiles. Antigoni Mirabil. narrationum congeries. M. Antonini Philosophi Imp. Romani, de vita sua Libri XII / ab innumeris ... mendis repurgati, et nunc demum vere editi ; Graece Latineque omnia, Guil. Xylandro August. interprete: cum Annotationibus & Indice Publisher / Year: Thomas Guarin/ Basel/ 1568 Collation: kl.8° (16x10cm), 344 Seiten, 23 Blätter, Pergament mit spanischen Kanten und 1 montierten Rückenschild Description: This text is the complete title of a famous Greek-Latin collected edition of ancient texts from 1568, edited and translated by the humanist Wilhelm Xylander. Printed in Basel by Thomas Guarin. A large part of the book is devoted to ancient Greek legends and myths. In these narratives the focus is on people transformed by the gods into animals, plants, or stones. The volume also contains several reports of curious natural phenomena and riddles of the ancient world. The authors here recount allegedly extremely long-lived people, strange animals, and the Olympic Games of antiquity. Google (see). Condition: Front hinge 13 cm torn. Binding slightly stained. Closure cords missing. Title and introduction are only available in facsimile. Paper slightly browned and page 307 with a small hole in the text (minor loss). Auction: AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE ...

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