(1559). ARATOS DE SOLES. PHENOMENA. - Lot 309

(1559). ARATOS DE SOLES. PHENOMENA. Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1559. In-4°, [4]-132 pages, lavaliere calf, gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). Greek version of the poem "Les Phénomènes", composed by the Greek astronomer and poet. The latter composed one hundred acrostics totalling 1154 verses in Greek, recounting the main phenomena that still intrigue us today (rainbows, aurora borealis, cyclones, constellations, etc.). Such was the popularity of Phenomena that it became the most widely read poem in antiquity, after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. The first 56 acrostics are accompanied by their Latin translations, handwritten at the time. Fine Greek printing by Guillaume Morel, the King's printer for the Greek language. The 2 plates are in the part printed in Latin that is sometimes found with the Greek text. Spine entirely rebound (USTC, 152724).