HESIOD (fl. c.700 B.C.). Opera, in Greek. Edited and with Scholia by Vettore Trincavelli (1491-1563). Venice: Bartholomaeus Zanetti for Giovanni Francesco Trincavelli, June 1537. 4° (207 x 152mm). Dedication in italic type, text in Greek cursive type. Title device (a smaller, reversed verion of a device attributed to Titian), woodcut headlines and initials, headline, initial and incipit on a1r printed in red. Full-page woodcut of farm implements and other tools, 2 text diagrams. Pages ruled in red. 18th-century English blue morocco gilt, red leather spine label, gilt edges (spine lightly faded, some scuffing). Provenance: early annotations in Greek -- Paul Terhaeri, Amsterdam, 1640 title inscription) -- Earl Vane, from the library of The Rev. John Vane (bookplate).

HESIOD (fl. c.700 B.C.). Opera, in Greek. Edited and with Scholia by Vettore Trincavelli (1491-1563). Venice: Bartholomaeus Zanetti for Giovanni Francesco Trincavelli, June 1537. 4° (207 x 152mm). Dedication in italic type, text in Greek cursive type. Title device (a smaller, reversed verion of a device attributed to Titian), woodcut headlines and initials, headline, initial and incipit on a1r printed in red. Full-page woodcut of farm implements and other tools, 2 text diagrams. Pages ruled in red. 18th-century English blue morocco gilt, red leather spine label, gilt edges (spine lightly faded, some scuffing). Provenance: early annotations in Greek -- Paul Terhaeri, Amsterdam, 1640 title inscription) -- Earl Vane, from the library of The Rev. John Vane (bookplate).

Hesiod is one of the earliest known Greek poets. His Works and Days includes practical advice on the cultivation of vines and the care of wine. Adams H-470; Brunet III, 140; Mortimer, Harvard Italian, 233; Simon, Bib. Bacchia, II, 345; Sander 3380.