Estienne, Henri - Hoi tes eroikes poieseos proteuontes poietai (graece). Poetae Graeci Principes heroici carminis & alii nonnulli. 2 parts in 1 volume. With small woodcut printer's mark on title. [Geneva], H. Estienne, 1566. folio. 20, LXXII, 410 pp, [2] ll. (1 w.), pp. 411-781, [1] w. Bl., LVII (recte LVI), 489 (recte 492) pp., [1] w. 19th century leather binding over wooden boards, with gilt label on spine, rich gilt decoration on spine and border on covers (covers loose, spine with missing parts in cover). Three-sided gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Adams P 1699 - Ebert 17536 - Schreiber 160 - Renouard 126 - Moeckli 65. - The masterpiece of Greek typography by Henri Estienne. "This is unquestionably Henri Estienne's typographic masterpiece" (Schreiber). Part 1 contains the Iliad and Odyssey and the Homeric Hymns. Part 2 texts by Hesiod, Bion, Moschus, Theokritos, Callimachus, Nicander and others - In the margins partly slightly browned and in places somewhat foxed. - Provenance: Gest. Armorial bookplate of the Streatfeild family ("data fata sequutus"), probably Chiddingstone Castle.