HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C.). Opera et dies & Theogonia & Clypeus. Florence: Benedetto Giunta, February 1540. 8º (156 x 101mm). Title in Latin, text in Greek, title ruled in red. (Title possibly supplied from another copy and backed, occasional light spotting). Early 19th-century English straight-grained morocco. Provenance: Francesco Michael (contemporary signature at foot of title, surname deleted) -- Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth book-label).

HESIOD (c. 7th century B.C.). Opera et dies & Theogonia & Clypeus. Florence: Benedetto Giunta, February 1540. 8º (156 x 101mm). Title in Latin, text in Greek, title ruled in red. (Title possibly supplied from another copy and backed, occasional light spotting). Early 19th-century English straight-grained morocco. Provenance: Francesco Michael (contemporary signature at foot of title, surname deleted) -- Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth book-label).

THE CHATSWORTH COPY. The volume contains, beside the Hesiod, the Sententiae of Theognis, the Sibyllan Carmine de Christo, Musaeus's Hero and Leander, the works of Orpheus and the Paraenesis of Phocylides. Hoffmann II, p.248.