Title romanized from Greek; text and signatures in Greek; contents listed on t.p. in Greek and Latin.
First collected edition of Euripides. The "commentaries" mentioned on the title page (probably the scholia by Arsenius) were not published in this edition, but were printed in Venice by L.A. Junta in 1534.
By the time Aldus reached the end of the 2nd volume, the text of Hercules Furens had been discovered and he added it to the second volume despite the title's own claim that the work included only 17 tragedies. Electra, however, is not included.
Imprint from colophon, p. [533] and p. [915] Aldine device on verso of final leaf in each volume.
Vol. 1: 536 unnumbered pages; v. 2: 380 unnumbered pages.
Each play has half title. Hercules Furens not listed on t.p.
Collation, Volume 1: [alpha]-[gamma]⁸ [delta]⁴ (-[delta]4) [epsilon]-[eta]⁸ [theta]⁶ [iota]-[lamda]⁸ [mu]⁶ [nu]-[xi]⁸ [omicron]¹⁰ [pi]-[rho]⁸ [sigma]¹⁰ [tau]-[upsilon]⁸ [phi]⁶ (-[phi]6) [chi]-[omega]⁸ 2[alpha]-2[beta]⁸ 2[gamma]⁶ 2[delta]-2[zeta]⁸ 2[eta]⁶ (-2[eta]6) 2[theta]-2[iota]⁸ 2[kappa]¹⁰ [chi]⁴: 265 (of 268) leaves (lacking blanks [delta]4, [phi]6, 2[eta]6).
Collation, Volume 2: 2[lamda]⁸ (-2[lamda]1-8) 2[mu]¹⁰ (-2[mu]1-10) 2[nu]-2[rho]⁸ 2[sigma]¹⁰ (-2[sigma]10) 2[tau]⁸ 2[upsilon]⁶ (-2[upsilon]6) 2[phi]-2[chi]⁸ 2[psi]⁴ 2[omega]⁸ 3[alpha]-3[beta]⁸ 3[gamma]⁶ 3[delta]-3[zeta]⁸ 3[eta]⁶ 3[theta]-3[kappa]⁸ 3[lamda]⁴: 170 (of 190) leaves (lacking quires 2[lamda] and 2[mu], test to "Rhesus" and blanks 2[sigma]10, 2[upsilon]6.
Euripidis tragoediae septendecim
Bookplates: Giovanni Battista Recanati ("Bibliotheca Ioannis Baptistae Recanati Patr. Vene. / 1715") on volume 1 front pastedown endpaper; T. Kimball Brooker on volume 1 front free endpaper and volume 2 front pastedown.