Accession number
PML 1367-68
Creator
Homer.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, M.D.XVII. mense iunio [1517]
Notes
Batrachomyomachia is no longer attributed to Homer.
Greek title romanized.
Imprint from colophon in v. 2.
Library's copy has Life of Homer by Plutarch and from the Vita Homeri (attributed to Herodotus) bound at end of v. 2 (56 unnumbered leaves).
Printer's device on t.p. (Fletcher no. 3) and colophon leaf (Fletcher no. 5a).
Reprint of 1504 Aldine ed. (see Renouard).
Signatures: v. 1: A-LL⁸ MM⁶[MM6 is blank]; v. 2: a-z⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴ 1-7⁸.
Spaces with guide letters for capitals.
Title of v. 2: Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni. xxxii.
Greek title romanized.
Imprint from colophon in v. 2.
Library's copy has Life of Homer by Plutarch and from the Vita Homeri (attributed to Herodotus) bound at end of v. 2 (56 unnumbered leaves).
Printer's device on t.p. (Fletcher no. 3) and colophon leaf (Fletcher no. 5a).
Reprint of 1504 Aldine ed. (see Renouard).
Signatures: v. 1: A-LL⁸ MM⁶[MM6 is blank]; v. 2: a-z⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴ 1-7⁸.
Spaces with guide letters for capitals.
Title of v. 2: Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni. xxxii.
Description
2 v. (277, [1]; 251, [59] leaves) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Lord Gosford (bookplate, and signed "Acheson 1841"); James Toovey (bookplate).
Binding
Vellum, gold-tooled.
Classification
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Department