Euripides. Tragedae. Johannes Oporinus, pr. 1551.


This rare edition of Euripides contains 18 of his 19 surviving tragedies; Electra is missing. It was published in Basle, Switzerland, by J. Hervagius and printed by Johannes Oporinus. The print used for the Greek text is Basle or Froben Italic introduced by Berthold Ruppel and used frequently during the Froben era, 1460-1527. The binding is white embossed leather stretched over wooden boards.[ME]

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