Incerti Scriptoris Graeci Fabulae Aliquot Homericae de Ulixis Erroribus

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This book is a collection of “an anonymous Greek writer’s allegories on the wanderings of Ulysses” or Odysseus. This work was given to George Wythe by Thomas Jefferson in 1787. Jefferson wrote to Wythe from Paris on September 16th and listed it as one of many books being shipped to him separately. Jefferson bought the copy on August 16, 1785 from the bookseller Froullé in Paris. This particular work is a translation by Johan Columbus (1640-1684) who was a Swedish humanist and Latin poetry professor at Upsala. It was first published in 1678 and includes Columbus’ annotations as well as his Latin translations of the original Greek, which are laid out on opposite pages of the book.

Incerti Scriptoris Graeci Fabulae Aliquot Homericae de Ulixis Erroribus, Ethice Explicatae
Title page from Incerti Scriptoris Graeci Fabulae Aliquot Homericae de Ulixis Erroribus, Ethice Explicatae, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.
Author	Homer; Johannes Columbus
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Published	Lugduni Batavorum: Apud P. Bonk
Date	1745
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Language	Greek text and Latin translation on facing pages; subsequent notes chiefly in Latin
Volumes	1 volume set
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Copy includes loose page of manuscript notes.

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