(HOMER.) Homeri et Hesiodi certamen [and other texts]. [8], 181 pages; lacks final blank. 8vo, 171x103 mm, late 18th-century red straight-grain morocco gilt, joints and cover corners rubbed; contents toned with occasional foxing. Bookplates of Charles W. G. Howard (gift of Sir David Dundas) and William A. Elwood. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1573
first edition of an anonymous narrative on the lives of Homer and Hesiod and an imaginary poetic contest between them, written in the 2nd A.D. but derived from older sources. Additional texts include a long essay by Henri Estienne on Greek parody, and lampoons of Homer by Matro, Hegemon, and Hipponax. GLN-2466; not in Schreiber.
