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Hardcover. Octavo, [16], 871 pages, [16]. In Good plus condition. Bound in full vellum, with gilt tooling and lettering to spine. Boards show some wear to edges and corners, light soiling overall, one minor instance of discoloration to front board, and light warping to front and rear boards. Text block has moderate plus age toning to red-speckled edges, and light age toning to pages throughout interiorly. Brief ink and pencil annotations to front paste down and front free end page. Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica is a fourth century AD continuation of Homer's Iliad. In the first edition published by Aldus in 1504, Quintus was called Calabrus because the only known manuscript of the poem had been discovered by Bessarion at Calabria in 1450. First issued in 1577, Lorenz Rhodomann's edition properly identified Quintus' city of origin. 1394625. Special Collections - Downstairs.…