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AMSTERDAM -- EURIPIDES. Tragoedia Phoenissae. Interpret. addidit H. Grotii, (...) atque adnot. instr., scholia subjecit L.C. Valckenaer. Leyden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1802. xxiii, 452, 196 pp. -- Id. Tragoedia Hippolytus, quam, Lat. carmine conversam a G. Ratallero, adnot. instr. L.C. Valckenaer. - Bound with: L.C. VALCKENAER. Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias. - Leyden, J. Luzac & J. le Mair, 1767-68. 2 in 1 vol. (28), 322, (18); (8), 311, (1) pp. W. 1 engr. headpiece. -- Tog. 2 vols. 4°. Uniformly bound in cont. vellum w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs w. small coats of arms, gilt coats of arms of Amsterdam on all sides. surrounded by two gilt dec. borders, w. ties. (2 ties (partly) gone, small stamp on ti-pp.).
Ad 1: Dibdin I, 545: "… the most copious & valuable". (…) "a volume, on all accounts, deserving of strong recommendation." Ad 2: Dibdin I, 548-9: "(…) It placed him almost at the head of the best commentators of Euripides at the time living. It is a perfect specimen of careful research, acute emendation, and copious illustration". - Copies with printed prize to N.J.A. Steins Bisschop, both dated 1817. Hoffmann II, 78; Schweiger I, 118; Spoelder 491 (Amst. 10).€ 280
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