Description
Paris, Jacques Bogard; 1543
52 Lvs.
A handsome marbled calfskin binding from the 17th century with a gold-embossed spine label, marbled endpapers.
- Not published by Adams and Pettegree & Walsby.
Not in the electronic catalog of the Bibliotheque nationale.-
Apparently a very rare edition of the first three books of the Iliad in the first Latin translation by one of the greatest Neo-Latin poets of his time, Helius Eobanus (real name Koch; 1488-1540), a native of Halgehausen in Hesse.
Eobanus's complete translation was published in Basel by Robert Winter in 1540.
Size about 4 by 6 1/4 inches
Text in Latin
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1543 HOMER ILIAD antique 16th CENTURY VERY RARE EDITION transl by Helius Eobanus
Estimate $1,200-$1,500
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