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Pindari quinetiam Thebani epitome Iliados latinis uersib. & Daretis Phrygii de bello troiano libri, a Corn. Nepote elegant Latin uersi carmine. Indices Homeri textus & commentariorum locupletissimi.
bound with:
Part II:
Homeri Odyssea iusto Ioannis Spondani Mauleonensis commentario illustrata,
& praefatione exornata.
Item Batracomiomachia, Hymni & Poematia aliquot quae Homero adscribuntur .
Basileae : Eusebii Episcopii opera ac imppensa; 1583
Divided into two parts, each with its own title page.
Pp. 44, 427, col. 428-499, pp. (25); (4), 380, (16/24: the last leaves are missing);
Original leather binding, worn, spine with raised bands, damage to the lower part of the spine
Some faded dampstains. The very last index leaves are missing. Lacks endpapers.
Important and uncommon Greek-Latin edition, to which he contributed the baroque poet Jean de Sponde (1557 – 1595), one of the major exponents of French humanism.
Disliked by the Protestants because he was Catholic, most of his works were destroyed.
Folio. Size 9 by 13 3/4 inches
Text in Greek and Latin
Reserve: $1,199.00
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1583 HOMER ILIAD & ODYSSEY 16th CENTURY FOLIO antique SCARCE in GREEK & LATIN
Estimate $1,500-$2,000
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