FIRST GREEK BOOK ever published 1476 FACSIMILE 2006

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A VERY NICE BOOK FOR BIBLIOPHILES, PHILOLOGISTS, BIBLIOGRAPHERS, HISTORIANS OF EARLY (GREEK) TYPOGRAPHY, PHILHELLENES, BOOKLOVERS, COLLECTORS OF FACSIMILES AND ENTHUSIASTS OF FIRST EDITIONS. THE FIRST EVER PUBLISHED GREEK BOOK in the year 1476 (FACSIMILE of 2006) This is a fine facsimile printed in 2006 of the famous greek grammar written and originally published by the greek scholar Constantinos Lascaris in Milan, Italy (Mediolano) in the year 1476, 30th of January. The Spanos Publishing House "Bibliophilia" had already published the facsimile in 1976 to celebrate the first 500 years of published greek books. This is the second reprint of the facsimile, in 2006. The facsimile was awarded by the Greek Publishers Association in 1976 and the Hellenic Post-office co-celebrated with the circulation of a collectible stamp illustrating the title page of this famous book. Both prints of the facsimile are numbered (facsimile of 1976 copies 1-500, facsimile of 2006 copies). TITLE : GREEK GRAMMAR (our english title) ("EPITOMI TON OKTO TOU LOGOU MERON...") AUTHOR : CONSTANTINOS LASCARIS PUBLISHER : COSTAS SPANOS , ATHENS, GREECE DATE OF PUBLICATION : 2006 PAGES : 156 DIMENSIONS : 15 cm X 21 cm COVER : HARDCOVER, FINE IMITATION OF LEATHER, GOLD PRINTED LETTERS AND DECORATIONS TEXT BLOCK : NICE IMITATION OF AN ANTIQUE BOOK CONDITION read more