Accession number
PML 55173-74
Creator
Homer.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, M.D.XXIIII. mense aprili [1524]
Description
2 v. ([58], 277, [1]; 251, [1] leaves) ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
Batrachomyomachia is no longer attributed to Homer.
Imprint from colophon in v. 1.
Life of Homer by Plutarch and from the Vita Homeri (attributed to Herodotus) at beginning of v. 1 (56 unnumbered leaves).
Printer's device on t.p. and verso of fin
Imprint from colophon in v. 1.
Life of Homer by Plutarch and from the Vita Homeri (attributed to Herodotus) at beginning of v. 1 (56 unnumbered leaves).
Printer's device on t.p. and verso of fin
Binding
16th-century Italian brown goatskin, with elaborate foliate and interlace gold-tooling including owner's name and Greek title on front covers, date of binding on back covers: M.D.XLV XVIII Gen. Bononiae [18 January 1545], by the Ebeleben Bindery in Bologn
Variant title
Homeri Ilias
Provenance
Damian Pflug (cousin of Nicholas von Ebeleben), gilt-tooled inscription (front covers); John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883), 7th Duke of Marlborough (Sunderland Library-Blenheim Palace bookplate; sold by Puttick & Simpson 19 July 1882, lot 6268, an
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