[Rarebooks] FS: Greek & Latin "Iliad" Strasburg: 1572

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Homer. HOMERI ILIAS, Seu Potius Omnia Eius Quae Extant Opera. Studio &
Cura. Ob. Giphanii... Strasburg: Theodosius Rihelius. (1572). 8vo.
893,(73)pp., lacking the final blank (the blank is noted by Adams).
Index. Large woodcut device on title. Early calf, both covers
elaborately gold tooled with the arms of Philippe de Ligne, Prince of
Arenberg and Governor of Namur. Top 3" of front hinge cracked but cords
are quite sound.	$1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This is the ILIAD volume only; Rihel also printed the ODYSSEY in a
separate volume. It is quite common to find only one or the other in
library collections (see Adams H764, H765, H768) or at auction. There
are 4 auction records in the past 30 years, and 3 are for one volume
only.

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