ΟΠΠΙΑΝΟΥ: ΚΥΝΗΓΕΤΙΚΟΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΤΕΣΣΕΡΑ. PARIS 1549, OPPIANI: DE VENATIONI LIBRI IIII. PARIS 1555 Second Eition in Greek, large Quarto,contemporary vellum soiled,text of first work entirely in Greek,text of second work the translation in Latin with extensive commentaries,text clean and bright,last pages of Latin commentaries with some moisture,overall a very good copy. A fine rare text on Ancient Greek hunting. The 1549 edition of Oppianus is a significant Renaissance publication of the poet's work on hunting, specifically the Cynegetica. It features four books, a didactic poem about the art of hunting with dogs, which was traditionally attributed to Oppian of Apamea,to distinguish him from the earlier Oppian of Anazarbus who wrote the Halieutica. The 1549 Vascosan edition is with Greek text only, it is found here bound with a 1555 Latin translation by the famous French political philosopher Jean Bodin. Bodin’s commentary and translation were often intended to accompany Vascosan’s Greek text to provide a complete scholarly package. This set was part of a mid -16th -century surge in interest in ancient natural history and technical manuals. It followed the earlier editio princeps of the work published by the Aldine Press in 1517. Vascosan’s editions are prized for their clean typography and the use of elegant Greek fonts typical of the French Renaissance Royal Greek style.