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an open book with a picture of a man and a woman on itan old book sitting on top of a white surfacean open book that is sitting on a tablean open book on a table with a white background
Médicis Enchères - Hôtel des Ventes Lyon

Estimate €200 - €400
Description
HOMER. OMHPOY HOMERI. THE ODYSSEY, his *Batrachomyomachia*, *Hymns*, and other works; his minor works, or collected writings, all published in Greek and Latin as accurately as possible, with a preface, scholia and index by D. Giphanius. AMSTERDAM, THEODOFIUS RIHELIUS, (undated), 1570. One volume, 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm), comprising 827 pp., (1) p., (26) ff., in full old grained calfskin binding. Spine with four highly decorated and gilt raised bands bearing the gilt title, with decorated and gilt edges. Text in Greek and Latin. Ex-libris vignette from the Château de Villardonnel. A fine 16th-century edition. This text is regarded, alongside the Iliad, as one of the two founding poems of ancient Greek culture and as one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature.
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About the sale ASIA BOOKS MILITARIA
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078063
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