Phalaridis Agrigentinorum Tyranni Epistolae. Francisco Arentino interprete. Nunc Demum Opera Antonii Thomae Sauii ad Graecum Exemplar Collatae, Tersissime in Lucem Emissae. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1550.
First Aretino Edition. 8vo. (160mm x 105mm[4], 146, [6]pp. Contemporary vellum, lack ties, various mild toning and staining, good copy overall. De Tournes Ourouboros device on t.p., "Nescit Labi Virtus" device at end. Large woodcut initials. Clean tight copy.
Additional Information:
"Phalaris was a tyrant in Sicily probably in the first half of the 6th c. B.C. He is said to have been a cruel ruler, who roasted his victims in a brazen bull, invented by one Perillus. The inventor was the first to be thus put to death. The 'Epistles' attributed to Phalaris were proved by R. Bentley to be forgeries. Bently showed that certain towns mentioned in them were not founded, and that the names of Tauromenium and Messana were not in use till long after the time of Phalaris; and that certain letters were written in Attic not Dorian Greek." OCCL Cartier, Tournes, 178. Adams P978. Hoffmann III, 214. Schweiger I, 227.
