Fine Books & Manuscripts

[BINDING]. –– [DIONYSIUS]. Dionysii Alexandrini de situ orbis liber... Eustathii Thessalonicensis archiepiscopi commentariss longe doctiss… Basilease: Per loannem Oporinum, [1556]. 8vo (159 x 99 mm). Text in Greek and Latin. Woodcut initials, with index. 17th–century calf with a semé pattern of gilt fleur–de–lis devices within a gilt lace boarder on both covers, raised bands, gilt titling and a fleur–de–lis pattern in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (spine and tips gently rubbed, small spot of marring to title). Provenance: Clegg(?) (armorial bookplate), Vincent Lloyd–Russell (bookplate title verso). FIRST EDITION in Greek and Latin. OCLC 637407082.