“SOPHOCLIS. Tragoediae Septem, Latino carmine redditae, & Annotationibus illustratae, per Thomam Naogeorgum Straubingensem . Collectae sunt etiam γνώμαι, dictaque proverbialia ex hisce tragaediis, per eundem, adque finem operis adiectae graecè & latinè. Basilae (Bâle), per Ioannem Oporinum, 1558. First complete edition in Latin of the seven survived in a complete form of Sophocles: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Small 8vo, pp. 499 + index 12p. Engraved initials. Th. Naogeorgum is the pseudonym of Th. Kirchmaier (1511-1563) a protestant writer, influential dramatist & humanist with several translations of ancient Greek texts. Full calf binding, gilt back with 5 raised bands with morocco title, coloured edges. Marginal wormholes throughout. Wear along edges and corners externally. Brunet V, 451, Hoffmann III, 424.