230 - HOMER. The Iliad. Geneva, Paul Estienne, 1604. 16mo, [4] fol…
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HOMER. The Iliad. Geneva, Paul Estienne, 1604. 16mo, [4] folios, 963 pp., 2 blank folios, 67 pp. (including COLUTHUS, The Abduction of Helen, and TRYPHODORIUS), 2 blank folios, [7] folios of Index, 1 blank folio. Soft ivory-coloured vellum of the period. A fine bilingual edition in Greek and Latin. The second edition of the *Iliad* published by ESTIENNE, featuring the Latin version by the Greek-Italian humanist Francesco PORTO. Handwritten bookplate ‘Purchased in Toulouse on 18 September 1863. [illegible signature]’. Graesse, Trésor, III, 328 (2 vols. in-12); Renouard, Annales de l’imprimerie des Estienne, p. 197, no. 17; Fred Schreiber, *The Estiennes*, 218. Binding damaged with a gap in the spine and upper cover, a small tear on the title page without affecting the text, water damage to the first five quires.

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230 - HOMER. The Iliad. Geneva, Paul Estienne, 1604. 16mo, [4] fol… See original version (French)

230 - HOMER. The Iliad. Geneva, Paul Estienne, 1604. 16mo, [4] fol…
See original version (French)