Homer Odyssey 1707 Greek Latin book with map vellum binding

Early 18th-century edition of Homer’s Odyssey, including the Batrachomyomachia, Hymns and Epigrams, printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Wetstein in 1707, with Greek text and facing Latin translation edited by Stephanus Bergler.

Author: Homer
Title: Homeri Odyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni & Epigrammata, Graece et Latine
Editor: Stephanus Bergler
Imprint: Amstelaedami, ex Officina Wetsteniana
Year: 1707
Languages: Greek and Latin on facing pages
Contents: Odyssey, Batrachomyomachia, Homeric Hymns and Epigrams
Format: small duodecimo, pocket-size book

Illustrations and map
Engraved frontispiece with a marine scene before the Odyssey
Large folding map of the Mediterranean, complete and well preserved

Binding and appearance
Contemporary full vellum binding
Smooth spine with red morocco label and gilt title
Sprinkled red edges, still fresh and attractive

Condition
Overall a good, well-preserved copy for its age. Vellum slightly rubbed and spotted, as usual, pages with light age-browning and scattered foxing, folding map intact with original folds. No major structural faults visible.

A fine and desirable antique book for collectors of early Homer editions, Greek-Latin classics and historical philology.