Dictys Cretensis et Dares Phrygius De bello et excidio Trojae : in usum serenissimi Delphini / cum interpretatione Annae Daceriae. Accedunt in hac nova editione notae variorum integrae; nec non Josephus Iscanus, cum notis Sam. Dresemii. Numismatibus & gemmis, historiam illustrantibus exornavit Lud. Smids, M.D. Dissertationem de Dictye Cretensi praefixit Jac. Perizonius.

DICTYS, Cretensis.

Published by Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Apud Georgium Gallet MDCCII. [1702]

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Octavo (212mm.) Pp. [128] 316, [88], [60],246, [10]. Plates [7] one folding, including a frontispiece, signed: 'J: Goeree inven: et fec.' All edges speckled red. The frontispiece is included in the pagination and register. Title page printed in red and black, with a small woodcut ornament. Head and tail pieces.Texts in Latin, with references and examples in Greek. With divisional half-titles. Includes bibliographical references and index. Errata on leaf F7v and 2Z4r. Leaf 2D4 mis-signed as D4. The [7] leaves of engraved plates, include medallion portraits and (folded) dedicatory plate (with motto: "Dulcedine cantus trahitur"; the central image depicts the kidnapped lyre-player Arion about to be thrown into the sea by pirates; above, is the coat of arms of the Dauphin, supported by two angels). The contents are clean, fresh, and crisp. Later eighteenth century calf , lightly abraded and rubbed, the smooth spine lettered direct. Marbled endpapers. A near fine copy. Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae historia", is an account of the destruction of Troy, a work in Latin purporting to be a translation of a Greek original by Dares Phrygius, and was sometimes attributed to Cornelius Nepos (though the work post-dates Nepos, probably to the 5th cent. AD). The De excidio formed the chief source for the numerous medieval accounts of the Trojan legend, including that by Joseph of Exeter, "De bello Troiano". Seller Inventory # 000733

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Title: Dictys Cretensis et Dares Phrygius De bello ...

Publisher: Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Apud Georgium Gallet MDCCII. [1702]

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine