Homeri poetarum omnium seculorum facilè principis Gnomologia, duplici parallelismo illustrata; : uno ex locis S. Scripturae, quibus Gnomae Homericae aut propè affines, aut non prorsùs absimiles. Altero ex gentium scriptoribus; ubi citationes, parodiae, allusiones, & deniq[ue] loci paralleli. Insertis hinc inde observationibus ethico-politicis in sententias, & ad voces insigniores notis criticis. Cum triplici indice sententiarum. Locorum S. Scripturae. Vocabulorum. Quibus mantissae loco accessit appendix continens syllogen testimoniorum de Homero, ex variis autoribus, quà antiquis, quà neotericis collectam. / Per Jacobum Duportum Cantabrigiensem, Graecae linguae nuper professorem regium.
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1660
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3230197
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40], 291, [101] p. ; 4to. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: A12; Q4; P5. Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedown (Franks 32206): 'William Windham Esquire'. Manuscript inscription on verso of front pastedown: "1702 2.6 J Bruges [?]". Booksellers' codes on front endpapers. Historic shelf-label pasted on spine: "A". Binding: seventeenth-century blind-panelled calf; double fillets forming an outer border; panel with double fillets and fleur-de-lis cornerpiece stamps; recessed cords; blind fillets and small floral stamps on spine; gilt roll on board edges; red edges.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) James Duport (1606-1679)