1570 Homer ILIAD Classical Mythology Achilles Greek + Crespin Latin Cordier 4v

1570 Homer ILIAD Classical Mythology Achilles Greek + Crespin Latin Cordier 4v

 

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”

― Homer, The Iliad

 

Two famous translations of Homer’s ‘Iliad’ in one!

 

An incredibly rare 16^th-century edition of the famous epic poem by Greek poet Homer – ‘The Iliad’. This work presents stories of Greek mythological heroes and their military conquests in the Trojan War.

 

This 1570 printing was edited by Catelin le Cordier and Franciscus Portus and contains both the Greek and Latin translations, including Crespin’s own Latin translation.

 

Item number: #21975

Price: $1500

 

HOMER

 

Ἡρωικα. ̔Ομηρου ̓Ιλιας, Homeri Ilias, id est, de rebus ad Trojam gestis, Latine ad verbum exposita. Secunda edition

 

[Geneva], ͅαφο, παρα Ι. Αρισπινω, [Jean Crespin], [1570].

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
  • 1 – 242
  • 2 – 243-452
  • 3 – 453-704
  • 4 – 705-920, [8]; 79, [1]
• References: USTC 450363
• Language: Latin and Greek in parallel
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~4.75in X 2.75in (12cm x 7cm)
• Very rare and desirable

 

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