Odysseia. Batrachomyomachia. Hymnoi. 32 = Vlyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni xxxii.
1517
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Title
Odysseia. Batrachomyomachia. Hymnoi. 32 = Vlyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni xxxii.
Uniform title
Works. Greek. 1517
Created/published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, MDXVII mense Iunio [1517]
Description
1-40, 49-64, 57-113, 116, 115, 114, 117, 120, 119, 118, 121-251, [1] leaves ; 18 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Homer, author.
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515.
Torresano, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529, printer.
Levi, Leone, 1821-1888, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515.
Torresano, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529, printer.
Levi, Leone, 1821-1888, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Language Note
Text entirely in Greek, except for an added title and Aldus's preface in Latin.
Note
Aldine device on title-page and on verso of final leaf (sig. I4).
Capital spaces with guide letters.
Homeric text printed in Greek type; dedication in small italic roman type.
Second of two volumes of Homer's works in Greek. Revised from the first Aldine edition, edited by Aldus Pius Manutius ca. 1504; cf. Renouard.
Dedicatory epistle by Aldus to Girolamo Aleandro on leaves a1v-a2r is reprinted from the 1504 edition; see Renouard.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴. An additional 56 unnumbered leaves containing the Life of Homer: gatherings 1-7⁸ can be found attached to either volume; cf. Renouard.
Colophon (on leaf I4 recto) reads: "Venetiis in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri. M. D. XVII. Mense iunio" (i.e. without a final period).
Imprint from colophon.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
Homeric text printed in Greek type; dedication in small italic roman type.
Second of two volumes of Homer's works in Greek. Revised from the first Aldine edition, edited by Aldus Pius Manutius ca. 1504; cf. Renouard.
Dedicatory epistle by Aldus to Girolamo Aleandro on leaves a1v-a2r is reprinted from the 1504 edition; see Renouard.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴. An additional 56 unnumbered leaves containing the Life of Homer: gatherings 1-7⁸ can be found attached to either volume; cf. Renouard.
Colophon (on leaf I4 recto) reads: "Venetiis in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri. M. D. XVII. Mense iunio" (i.e. without a final period).
Imprint from colophon.
Cited/described in
Ahmanson-Murphy (2001) 153
Renouard, A.A., Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd edition, 1834), 80:3
Renouard, A.A., Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd edition, 1834), 485
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 330
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, H742
Kallendorf & Wells, Aldine Press books at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 140
Leigh, C.W.E., Catalogue of the Christie Collection, p. 209
Renouard, A.A., Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd edition, 1834), 80:3
Renouard, A.A., Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd edition, 1834), 485
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 330
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, H742
Kallendorf & Wells, Aldine Press books at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 140
Leigh, C.W.E., Catalogue of the Christie Collection, p. 209
Includes
Battle of the frogs and mice.
Homeric hymns.
Homeric hymns.
Genre/form
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Venice.
Item Details
Call number
PA4021 .A2 1517 Cage
Folger-specific note
"Life of Homer" not included in this copy. In reinforced vellum; gold-stamped black leather label on spine. Bookplate: Leone Levi. Bookplate: Ex libris W.T. Smedley. Manuscript inscription on recto of front free endpaper: Joannii Baptistae Lambert kai tōn philōn. On t.p.: Antonio [crossed out]. Joannii Baptistae Lambert kai tōn philōn (crossed out). Copious Greek manuscript notes throughout text in several early hands. Numerous words and phrases underscored, with Latin equivalents supplied in manuscript