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Eustathius' Commentary on Homer's Iliad

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Title: Eustathii Diaconi a Supplicibus Libellis, et Oratorum Magistri, Postea Archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis, Commentarii in Homeri Iliadem.
Author: Eustathius, Archbishop of Thessalonica
Description: 3 volumes. [12], lxxii, 520; [26], xxiv, (521)-952, 162, [1]; [14], xxxiv, 953-1329, 163-333, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Alexandro Politus after Aloys. Crespi; engraved head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials. (Folio) 17x11, period (original?) patterned paste-paper boards.A beautifully printed edition of Eustathius' Homer commentary, unfortunately unfinished, and comprising Books I-V of the Iliad only. Uncommon in period boards and in an untrimmed state. Brunet III, 278.
Heading: zzkPlace Published: Florence
Publisher: Bernardo Paperini
Date Published: 1730-35

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