Δημοσθένης - Demosthenes. "Δημοσθένους Λόγων τμήμα δεύτερον. Demosthenis Orationum pars secunda. in qua judiciales nouem eius publicae Orationes continentur", Basileae, per Ioannem Hervagium, 1547. 8vo, pp. [38], 571, [13]. Complete with all pages. Text in Greek. Printers device on title page. Woodcut initials. Full contemporary vellum with handwritten title on upper part of spine. Part of manuscript (probably 15th century) with illuminated initials has been used in binding to strengthen the spine. The first edition of Demosthenes Orations was printed by Aldus Manutius in 1504. An other edition is noted in 1543 by Franciscus Brucolius (Ελληνική βιβλιοθήκη 81). The current one is most probably the third edition in Greek of Demosthenes speeches. Handwritten signature on title-page. Ex libris label coat of arms bearing helmet, sheep and 3 flowers. Library cachet on title page. Upper right part of title page missing. Few marginal contemporary notes. Occasional light spots otherwise in fine condition. Rare, mid-16th-century printing of Demosthenes Orations, published by Johan Herwagen.