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HOMER. Odyssea, et in eandem scholia & interpretatio...

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HOMER. Odyssea, et in eandem scholia & interpretatio Didymi Leide, Franciscus Hackius, 1655; in-4 of 536 p., [22] ff, contemporary red morocco binding, on the boards double gilt fillet with gilt crowned monograms, interior lace and gilt edges. Greek-Latin edition "beautifully printed", based on those of Turnèbe and Estienne. BOUND WITH THE ARMS OF EMMANUEL-JOSEPH DE VIGNEROT DE RICHELIEU (1639-1665). Little nephew of the Cardinal, prior of Saint-Martin-des-Champs in Paris, Vignerot died at the age of twenty-six while arriving in Venice at the head of a troop he had raised at his own expense to fight the Turks. These books were bound by Du Seuil. From the library of Wilmot, viscount Lisburne with bookplate.