Speculum heroicum principis omnium temporum poëtarum Homeri :
id est, argumenta xxiiij librorum Iliados in quibus veri principis imago poëticè, elegantissime exprimitur = les XXIIII livres d'Homere reduict en tables demonstratives figurées /
par Crespin de Passe excellent graveur ; chacque livre redigé en argument poëticque par le sieur I. Hillaire, sr. de la Riviere rouennois.

Description

Main Author

Hillaire, I. (Isaac), sieur de La Rivière.

Related Names

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.
Passe, Crispijn van de, ca. 1565-1637.
Homer.

Language(s)

French ; Latin

Published

Traiecti Batavorum [Utrecht] : Prostant in officina Cr. Passaei calcographi ; anno 1613.

Subjects

Homer. > Homer. / Iliad > Homer. / Iliad / Illustrations.
Engravings > Engravings / Netherlands > Engravings / Netherlands / 17th century.
Emblem books > Emblem books / Netherlands > Emblem books / Netherlands / 17th century.

Note

Signatures: *⁴ A⁶ B-H⁴.
Supplementary matter includes Decimus Magnus Ausonius' Periochae in Iliadem, *2r-*4r, and his Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troiano interfuerunt, H1r-H2r. Hillaire's poem "La course d'Ulisses," H2v-H4r.
Engraved representation of Homer on t.p. Port. of Hillaire on *4v. Twenty-four engravings illustrating the Iliad on rectos B1-G4, one ill. for each book. Beneath each ill. is a two-line Latin legend, followed by Hillaire's Latin and French summaries in letterpress.

Physical Description

[20] p., [24] leaves, [8] p. : ill., port. (engravings) ; 19 cm. (4to)

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