Poetae Graeci Principes Heroici Carminis, & Alii Nonnulli de HOMER, HESIOD, et al - 1566

Geneva: Henricus Stephanus [Henri Estienne], 1566. Hardcover. Bound in full mottled calf, with the binding stamp of John Carteret, Earl Granville (1690-1763), the motto 'loyal devoir' beneath a squirrel and winged stags. Classical archaeologist Henry S. Robinson's copy, with his ex libris label affixed to front pastedown. Bindings tight, rubbing at extremeties as expected with age. Lovely gilt decoration, bright gilt stamp on upper cover.. Two volumes in three. Vol. 1: Homer's Iliad (1-410 pp.), Vol 2: Homer's Odyssey (411-781, lvii pp.), and Vol. 3: Hesiod et al. (1-489 pp.) [2 blanks], 20, LXXII, 410, [4 blanks] pp. [2 blanks], [1], [1 blank], 370. 'One of his most magnificent volumes' (Pattison). Estienne's masterpiece. Includes Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony, the Argonautica Orphica, the Orphic Hymns, etc.