HOMERUS. Ilias; Odysseia, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni XXXII. Venice, Aldus Manutius & Andreas Asculanus socer, 1524. 2 vols. 277, (1); (56), 251, (1) lvs. W. woodcut Aldine device to both titles and v° last lvs. Both bound in mod. limp vellum w. overlapping sides, vol. 1 with blue edges and vol. 2 with gilt edges. (Originally a composed set (dif. cold. edges!), but together for quite some time: both w. same libr. stamp on v° ti., old owner's entry on ti-p. vol. 1, inner margin first lvs. vol. 2 skilfully restored, a few stains at the beginning vol. 2, sl. yellowed, some spots in places, else a fine and well preserved set).
Fine, very rare, small size edition of Homer, printed by the son-in-law of Aldus Manutius. This is the third Aldus edition (1504, 1517), and the sixth complete edition published until then. The 1524 edition repeats the 1517 edition except for the typographical errors and a few changes in the text which probably are conjectures by François d'Asola. - Adams H745; STC Italian 330; Renouard I, 233; Aldine Press 226. - Collation: 1-78 A-Z8 AA-LL8 MM6 a-z8 A-H8 I4.€ 2000
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