HOMER

Omhpoy O T EIA Homeri Odyssea [The Odyssey]; id est, De Rebus ab Ulysse Gestis una cum Batrochomyomachia, Hymnis, & eppigrammatis

Geneva: Iohannem Vignoni, 1609. Small octavo : pp. [1] (blank) [16] 447 [3] (blank) : text in Greek : drop caps, head- and tail-pieces : all edges speckled : calf binding with leather title panel lettered in brown ink. Trimmed and with paper repairs to the tops pp. 432-447, some loss of text replaced in neat brown ink. Text reinscribed in brown ink elsewhere; minor worm holes, some abrasions to the edges of the text block. Previous owner initials to f.f.e.p. and dated 1722. Good. Item #15957

John Vignon was the son-in-law of Geneva printer and Calvinist Eustace Vignon. The house of Vignon was known for printing classical texts as well as its role in promoting reformed faith and humanist ideals. "Both [Eustace and John] saw themselves as social activists who knew John Calvin personally and were keen to try and evangelise the protestant message to a European public who they saw as desperately in need of liberating from the oppressive grip of the Catholic Church. Together, they used their printing and publishing house to try and make an impact on European attitudes towards religion and society, encouraging a less sectarian, more universal form of Christianity based on a tolerance and altruism, and encouraged greater freedom of expression and thought when it came to interpreting history." (Trail of the Green Man website).

Price: $850.00