HOMER (b. 800 B.C.)

[Greek text] ... Homeri ILIAS

      IN AEDIBVS ALDI, ET ANDREAE ASULANI SOCERI. M. D. XXIIII. MENSE APRILI. [1524]. [Colophon: Venice] VENETIIS, : IN AEDIBVS ALDI, ET ANDREAE ASULANI SOCERI. M. D. XXIIII. MENSE APRILI. [1524]. . Small 8vo. Collation: 1-78, A8, B-Z8, 2A-L8, 2M6. Fol: [1-8], 9-16, 17-56]; [1-2], 3-272, 173 [=273], 274-277. Large Aldine anchor devices on first leaf and verso of colophon leaf; A3-6 incorrectly bound between 11 and 13. Full mottled calf, gilt-stamped red calf spine label, a.e.g.; neatly repaired. Collation notes by H.P. Kraus on rear flyleaf. Fine. . Third Aldine edition of The Iliad in Greek. One of the most famous historical tales of ancient Greece, printed by the legendary Venetian printing house of Aldus Manutius. First printed by Aldus in 1504, this charming little volume is printed entirely in a Greek font, with the exception of a Latin attribution (at the beginning of the text following the preface) and the colophon. The text of this edition is based on the 1517 edition, with some typographical errors and textual changes, as compared to that earlier edition. Homer!s Odyssey was also issued by Aldus in 1524. Adams H745; Ahmanson-Murphy, Fasc. II, 197/1; Brunet III, p. 269; Graesse III, 326; Renouard p. 98:1. [klpf]