12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 11
 

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Homer Omerou Ilias kai eiz autlo sholia pseudepigrafa didumou. Oxford: Ex theatrou Oxonia,...

Homer Omerou Ilias kai eiz autlo sholia pseudepigrafa didumou. Oxford: Ex theatrou Oxonia, 1695. 8vo, full reverse calf; pp. [14], 767, blank, 136 [missing final 2 leaves]; eng. frontis. showing Homer dreaming whilst Troy burns. In Greek, extensively annotated and footnoted; pages 79 and 457 misnumbered 76 and 547 agreeing with Harvard University copy. The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford has been associated with the history of typography since 1660, when Vice Chancellor John Fell drew all the University printers into one premises - the cellars of the Theatre. Fell installed presses in 1668, making the Sheldonian the University's first central printshop. Although the Press moved in 1713 to the purpose-built Clarendon Building, the vignette of the Theatre, featured upon the title page here, would remain in the printing device of the OUP for centuries.
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