[LYCOPHRON]. - Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, siue Cass - Lot 288

[LYCOPHRON]. - Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, siue Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis Grammatici Commentariis [...]. -- TZETZÈS (Jean)]. Ioannis Tzetzæ Variarum Historiarvm liber versibvs politicis ab eodem Græcè conscriptus, & Paulilacisii Veronensis opera ad uerbum Latinè conuersus, nuncq primùm in lucem editus. Basileae, Ex officina Ioannis Oporini, 1546. 2 works in one volume in-4°, ivory vellum (mid-20th c. binding). - a-b4, A-X4 & Y6, and -- *4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Kkk4 & Lll3. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Lycophron's Alexandra, by Basel printer Jean Oporin. - Versified text of the Alexandra of Lycophron of Chalcis, framed by an important commentary by Jean Tzétzès, Byzantine poet and grammarian Byzantine poet and grammarian. All printed in Greek only. -- Text by Jean Tzétzès himself, known as the Book of Stories in Political Verse, or Chiliades, printed in two columns, with the Greek text with the Greek text and Latin translation opposite. Historiated letters from the "Children's Alphabet" attributed to the engraver Urs GRAF. Handwritten bookplate in Greek on first title and annotations on verso of last leaf. Marginal foxing on the first eight and last thirty leaves: foxing: small marginal worm work.