NONNUS PANOPOLITANUS

This is the second (and rare) one of the two editions by Nansius published by the Leyden Plantin Office. The first one (1589) had the Greek- and the Latin text divided in two separate parts; our edition has the Greek text on the left-hand page and the Latin translation together with the Greek variants on the right-hand page. The humanist Franciscus Nansius (ca. 1520- 1595) was born in IJzenberge, he worked in Bruges, but for religious reasons he moved to Leiden and later taught Greek at the Latin school of Dordrecht. Ref. Typ. Bat. 3777. - STCN 115368558. - Adams B-1906. Prov. St. Ninians Chapter Library, gift of Bishop Wordsworth's family (armorial bookpl.)