HERMOGENE DE TARSE and STURM, Johannes [16th]. Hermogenis Ta - Lot 103

HERMOGENE DE TARSE and STURM, Johannes [16th]. Hermogenis Tarsensis rhetoris acutissimi. De ratione inueniendi oratoria, libri IIII. Following: Joan. Sturmii Scholae in libros IIII. Hermogenes de inventione. S.l. [Strasbourg], Josias Rihel éditeur, 1570. 2 volumes bound in 1, in-12, full ivory vellum binding with flaps, smooth spine, visible stitching, smooth spine, three waxed edges. 16 ff.n.ch. (preface), 230 pages, 4 ff.n.ch.(index) - 220 ff.n.ch. Bilingual text in Greek and Latin for the first part. Seams at hinges of first cover broken, very light internal foxing in margins. Fine scholastic edition by Johannes Sturm, founder of the University of Strasbourg: Latin translation of the 4 books making up Hermogenes of Tarsus' "De Inventione", with the Latin text opposite the Greek text, followed by commentaries and explanations for the schools. Both parts have a title page with a recognizable publisher's vignette, the latter mentioned in the colophon. On the title page is a crossed-out manuscript bookplate. On Sturm's preface, underlined passages and some marginal notes in black ink. An internally fresh copy of this treatise on oratorical invention by a master of Greek rhetoric, translated and commented on by the great 16th-century Strasbourg pedagogue.