Hesiod (700 BC) – Schrevel, Cornelis (1608-1664): Hēsiodou Askraiou ta heuriskomena. Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant : cum notis, ex probatissimis quibusdam autoribus, brevissimis, selectissimísque : accedit insuper Pasoris index, auctior multò hac novissima editione, & multò correctior. Opera & studio C – Old and Rare

Hesiod (700 BC) Schrevel, Cornelis, (1608-1664)

ἩΣΙΟΔΟΥ ἈΣΚΡΑΙΟΥ ΤΑ ΕΥΡΙΣΚΟΜΕΝΑ
HESIODI ASCRAEI QUAE EXTANT, CUM NOTIS, EX PROBATISSIMIS
QUIBUSDAM AUTORIBUS, BREVISSIMIS, SELECTISSIMISQUE.
ACCEDIT INSUPER PASORIS INDEX, AUCTIOR MULTO HAC
NOVISSIMA EDITIONE, & MULTO CORRECTIOR: OPERA & STUDIO
CERNELII SCHREVELII.
Amstelodami, typis Ludovici & Danielis Elzeviriorum, 1657

Description: [in 8vo] – pp. (16) , 341, (b).

ELZEVIRE PRESS. HESIOD, Elzevirian edition of the Greek poet Hesiod who lived around
700 BC. It includes his most notable works followed by a greek latin lexicon of terms
occurring in Hesiod´s works by Cornelius Schrevel (1608-1664). Opera et Dies (Works and
days) lays out the five Ages of Man, as well as containing advices prescribing a life of honest
labour, condemning the practice of usury and attacking idleness and unjust judges, like those
who decided in favour of Perses. It describes immortals beings who roam the earth watching
over justice and injustice. The poem regards labor as the source of all good, in that both gods
and men hate the idle. Theogonia (Deorum Generatio) concerns the origins of the world (cosmogony) and of the gods beginning with Gaia, Nyx and Eros. Embedded in Greek myth
there remain fragments of quite variant tales, hinting at the rich variety of myth that once
existed, city by city; but Hesiod’s retelling of the old stories became, according to the fifth
century historian Herodotus, the accepted version that linked all Hellenes.
The work also include Scutum Herculis a short poem of incert origin but traditionally
attributed to Hesiod ( The Shield of Heracles ) because written in his style. A nice elzevirian
edition, printed in beautiful greek characters and humanist italic and tondo typeface. Title
page in double colour red and black with woodcut printer´s device, head and tail pieces in
text with a few woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary binding in full stiff vellum with
handwritten title on spine.

Cfr. BVB Union Catalogue, ref. BV013506434 ; SWB, Union Catalog Southwest Germany, ref.
055137121; British Library, General Reference Collection ref. 160.c.11.(1.)