Homer, Odysseia, Venice, Aldus, 1517, contemporary tooled morocco, early inscription of Caesar Picus

Homer

Οδυσσεια. Βατραχομυομαχια. Υμνοι λβ. Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni xxxii. (Venice: in the house of Aldus and Andrea Torresano, June 1517)

8vo (157 x 96mm.), text in Greek, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (both infilled later in red), contemporary (probably Venetian) tooled morocco over pasteboard, border and central cross formed with a small ropework tool, stubs from two pairs of ties, occasional light staining, a few small defects in binding

The second of a two-volume set of Homer, following the first Aldine edition of 1504, and retaining Aldus's preface addressed to Girolamo Aleandro.

LITERATURE

Cataldi Palau 23; Edit16 22949 (both volumes); Renouard 80/3; UCLA 153

PROVENANCE

early inscription of Caesar Picus "and friend" (Cesare Picchi?) at head of title-page