MANUSCRIT. [attributed to Pierre de Marcassus]. Extract from - Lot 17

MANUSCRIT. [attributed to Pierre de Marcassus]. Extract from Homer's Illiad. Extrait des choses les plus remarcables qui se trouvent dans les Poëtes Grecs et dans leurs Scholiastes. 17th-18th c. An in-folio register (35 x 23 cm), sewn, unbound (or unbound?), without endpapers. 310 leaves. Entirely handwritten, in a neat and elegant script. It studies the Greek text of Homer, extracting lessons relating to history, poetry, literature and more. This work must have enjoyed some success in the 18th century, as other copies can be found: BN, Coislin 182-183; Bibliothèque de Troyes, manuscript no. 445. The author of the text is generally considered to be Pierre de Marcassus (1584-1664), a writer from Gascony; his portrait was painted by Daniel du Monstier, and engraved by Michel Lasne. Expert : Monsieur Roch de Coligny