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HOMER.
Ilias.
Greek text. [277] leaves; lacks the final blank *
Ulyssea.
Batrachomyomachia. Hymni xxxii
[
with the lives of Homer by Herodotus and
Plutarch]. Greek text. [306] leaves. Together, 2 volumes, both ruled in red throughout. 8vo,
150
x94 mm, late 18th-century red straight-grain morocco gilt, spines slightly faded; light
soiling on titles, few minor stains at end of Volume 2; gilt edges.
[
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, June 1517];
[
Aldus Manutius, not before 31 October 1504]
[6,000/9,000]
Second Aldine edition of the Iliad, first Aldine edition of the Odyssey. According to Renouard
the second edition was the most accurate of the 3 Aldines, less common than the first Aldine
and seldom found complete. Renouard, pages 80(3) and 46(6); New UCLA 153, 86;
Hoffmann II, 315.
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HOMER.
Ilias.
[
with the lives of Homer by Herodotus, Plutarch, and Dio
Chrysostom]. Greek text. 277, [1], [56] leaves, including blank 2M6. 8vo, 144x87 mm,
20
th-century mottled sheep gilt by Gerhard Prade of Leipzig, spine slightly faded; occa-
sional light marginal dampstaining, old ownership inscriptions on title, 19th-century
owner’s bibliographical note and stamp (“Dr. Phil. Johs. Voigt”) on front endleaves.
[
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, June 1517]
[2,500/3,500]
Second Aldine edition of the Iliad. Renouard, page 80(3); New UCLA 153; Hoffmann II, 315.
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