Budè Guglielmo. - Commentarii Linguae Grecae. Folio. - 1530

Guglielmo Budé. Commentarii Linguae Grecae. Colonia, Ioannes Soteris, 1530. Rare edition of the famous Renaissance work on the study of Greek language and literature by the erudite and eminent French grecist. The treatise consists of a vast collection of historical notes, phrases and Greek vocabularies explained and translated into Latin with analyses of the evolution and nuances of the words, offering extensive contexts of use that will form the basis for all subsequent studies of the Hellenic language. Half-leather binding. Gilt title on the spine. Large printer’s device engraved on the frontispiece. Dimensions 31x20, pages 28 unnumbered, 595, 3 unnumbered. Very good condition.