Homer, 1561

Homeros:

Homeri opera graeco-latina quae quidem nunc extant, omnia. Hoc est : Ilias Odyssea, Batrachomyomachia, et Hymni.

Basileae, per Nicolaum Brylingerum, 1561. (32 x 20 cms.) [20] + 292 + 318 pp. Parallel text in Greek and Latin.

Later full vellum, somewhat soiled, lightly worn and with a few holes. Some worming throughout, especially in the beginning, small hole in outer margin toward end of the book, sometimes affecting the outermost letter of a line of text. Occasional neat annotations in a near-contemporary hand. Old Swedish ownership inscription (?J. P. Grangrén, 1784).

First edition of the Latin translation by the humanist Sebastien Castellion (1515-1563).

Adams H759.

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