1549 – The Iliad by Homer | Eobanus Hessus Latin | Famous Greek Mythology

An incredibly rare 16th-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 1549 edition of Homer includes The Iliad, published in Basel by Oporinum. Notably, it features the Latin translation of Helius Eobanus Hessus, edited by Jacob Micyllus.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Homeri Iliados, de rebus ad Trojam gestis, libri XXIIII. nuper latino carmine elegantiss
• Author(s): Homer
• Contributor: Helius Eobanus Hessus (Translator)
• Publisher: Basileae, per Ioannem Oporinum
• Edition: 1549 edition.
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (16mo), single volume
• Size:  6.75 in x 4.25 in (17 cm x 10.5 cm)
• Collation: [16], 706, [2] p
• References: USTC 663906
• Contents Include:
  • The Iliad in Latin

Condition:

Good. Full leather with rubbing at corners and notable corner repairs; light staining to leather. Binding secure. Marbled endpapers retained. Pages generally clean and legible with no marginal markings.

Why Collect This?

• Rare mid-16th-century Latin printing of The Iliad
• Sixteenth-century humanist press production

Item Number: #50059