First edition of Andrea Divo's Latin prose translation of Homer's Iliad, designed to be used with the Greek text of the Aldine Homer, to whose pages it corresponded; accompanied by an account of the life of Homer (formerly attributed to Herodotus), translated by Conrad Heresbach.
In verse.
Printer from colophon.
Leaves [18]-[21] of first sequence contain Andrea Divo's dedicatory epistle, addressed to Pietro Paolo Vergerio, bishop of Justinopolis; and his note to students of Greek literature.
Burgofranco's note on leaves [21]-[22] of first sequence makes reference to Aldus' Latin editions of Homer.
Roman and italic types, 30 lines plus headline.
Signatures: A*⁸ **⁸ a-z⁸ aa-mm⁸: 296 leaves.
Title within allegorical woodcut border featuring figures of the goddesses Athena on the left, and Melissa, holding a globe filled with bees , on the right, with Burgofranco's initials in a cartouche supported by cherubs below; Burgofranco's device on leaf [1] at end (his initials I.A.F.B. on a shield, surmounted by a sword bearing the additional initial "D", supported by two women: Faith, on the left, holding a chalice, and Hope, on the right, holding an anchor); ornamental zoomorphic initials.
Includes index.
Homeri poetarvm omnivm principis Ilias