Author: [ROBERTI, Anthonius].
Title: Clavis Homerica, sive lexicon vocabulorum omnium, quae in Iliade Homeri, nec non potissimâ Odyssae parte continentur. Accedit brievis appendix de dialectis. Opus prima in Anglia concinnatum, deinde auctum & saepius editum; nunc tandem summon studio correctius recusum.Rotterdam, Arnold Leers, 1655. 8vo. Title printed in red and black, with the woodcut printer's device of Arnold Leers and woodcut initials and headpieces. Contemporary vellum.
Description: [4], 470, [88] pp.Rare second Dutch edition of this Greek-Latin glossary translating almost word for word the lines of the 24 books (a-?) of the Ilias. The ‘Clavis’ (Key) was first published in England in 1636 (with a second edition in 1638 and a third in 1647). The well-known Rotterdam printer Arnold Leers (the father of Reinier) reprinted this 1695 edition page-for-page in 1662 and 1673. Many editions followed until far into the 19th century. The ‘Clavis’ is followed by some grammatical observations based on Homer’s poems.With two owner's inscriptions on the first free endpaper and with some contemporary marginal annotations. Binding a little stained, some small ink stains throughout the book and on the edges, but overall in good condition.l STCN (2 copies).

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