“Ιωάννου του Στοβαίου εκλογαί αποφθεγμάτων. Ioannis Stobaei Collectiones sententiarum”, Venice, “In aedibus Bartholomaei Zanetti Casterzagensis, aere vero & diligentia Ioannis Francisci Trincaueli, MDXXXV” [1535] (colophon). FIRST EDITION of Stobaeus’s Eclogae. Brunet notes that although not accurate this first edition is rare. Small 4to, 314 unnumbered leaves. Large wood-cut on title-page and the same wood-cut in full-page size at the end. First edition of Stobaeus’s Eclogae, constituting part of his text entitled Anthologion, a work that was divided into two in the Middle Ages: Eclogae and Florilegium (Sermones). Water-stain on external corners throughout - more evident on first and last leaves - with small loss of the page upper ext. corners of the last two leafs and signs of mold. Headpiece and engraved initials, in page [7] in red colour. Ex-libris label “T. Gaisford” and handwritten text dated in 1808. Early 19th century full leather. Heavily worn along spine, joints and front cover. Loss of the lower corner leather of the front cover. Hoffmann III 445, Brunet V 545, Ελληνική βιβλιοθήκη 59.