GREEK AND LATIN NOVELS — PIERRE GRIMAL — PLÉIADE — 1958 - Lot 264

GREEK AND LATIN NOVELS — PIERRE GRIMAL — PLÉIADE — 1958 Greek and Latin Novels. Texts presented, translated, and annotated by Pierre Grimal. Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1958. Large 12mo, publisher’s softcover bound in full green leather, spine decorated with gold fillets and a gold-embossed title, cardboard slipcase. Volume No. 134 of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Printed on September 30, 1958, at the Vincent printing house in Tours. This is indeed the first printing of the edition, published on November 13, 1958. The volume includes, notably, Petronius, Apuleius, Chariton of Aphrodisias, Heliodorus, Longus, Achilles Tatius, Philostratus, and Lucian. The binding shows some scuffing and minor damage at the top and on the headbands; the original slipcase is present, stained and worn. No dust jacket or Rhodoid cover visible.

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