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Title

• Ομηρου Ιλιας, ἤ μαλλον ἅπαντα τὰ σωζόμενα = Homeri Ilias, seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera / studio & cura Ob. Giphanij I.C. quàm emendatissimè edita, cum eiusdem scholijs & indicibus nouis.
• Homērou Ilias, ē mallon hapanta ta sōzomena = Homeri Ilias, seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera / studio & cura Ob. Giphanij I.C. quàm emendatissimè edita, cum eiusdem scholijs & indicibus nouis.

Author

Homer

Publication

Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Excudebat Theodosius Rihelius, [not before March 19, 1572]

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Additional Authors

• Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598
• Crespin, Jean, -1572
• Giffen, Hubert van, approximately 1533-1604
• Rihel, Theodosius, active 1560?-1619
• Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584

Description

2 volumes (893, [75]; 827, [53] pages); 18 cm (8vo)

Uniform Title

• Battle of the frogs and mice.
• Battle of the frogs and mice. Latin.
• Homeric hymns.
• Homeric hymns. Latin.

Alternative Title

• Homeri Ilias, seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera
• Homeri Ilias, sev potivs omnia eius quae extant opera
• Ιλιας, ἤ μαλλον ἅπαντα τὰ σωζόμενα
• Ilias, ē mallon hapanta ta sōzomena
• Ilias
• Ομηρου Οδυσσεια.
• Homērou Odysseia.
• Homeri Odyssea.
• Ομηρου Βατραχομαχια.
• Homeri Batrachomyomachia
• Homeri Batrachomyomachia.
• Ομηρου Υμνοι.
• Homērou hymnoi.
• Homeri Hymni.

Subjects

• Epic poetry
• Trojan War > Poetry
• Bookbinding (Binding) > Germany > 16th century
• Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > Poetry
• Blind tooled bindings (Binding) > Germany > 16th century

Genre/Form

• Epic poetry.
• Bookbinding (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.
• Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.

Note

• "Cum gratia & priuelegio Caesareo."
• Volume 2 has special title page only, which reads: Homērou Odysseia = Homeri Odyssea : eiusdem Batrachomyomachia, Hymni, alia[que] eius opuscula, seu catalecta / omnia Graecè & Latinè edita quàm emendatissimè, cum praefatione, scholijs, & indice D. Giphanij. Cum gratia & priuilegio Caesareo. Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Excudebat Theodosius Rihelius.
• Earliest possible date of publication from date of Giffen's dedication to vol. 1: "XIIII. Kalend. Aprilis. A.D. MDLXXII [March 19, 1572]." Dedication to vol. 2 is dated "Idib. Septemb. [September 13]." Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16) dates the present edition "um 1588" (approximately 1588).
• Signatures: v. 1: *⁸ a-3n⁸ 3o⁴ (3o4 blank); v. 2: [sec.?]⁸ A-3H⁸. $5 signed, roman (in the present edition, +3H6, signed "Hhh v").
• Woodcut device of Theodosius Rihel on both title pages, reproduced in: Heitz, Paul. Elsässische Büchermarken bis Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts, 1892. The device in the present edition is Heitz, plate 31, no. 10; also reproduced in: Silvestre, L.C. Marques typographiques, no. 854. The design is by Tobias Stimmer; see Heitz. Ornamental initials.
• There were at least three editions with the above imprint, paging and signatures. The chief distinguishing points are whether or not there is line numbering in the body of the text and the printer's device on the title page. In the edition described in the present record (in VD 16: ZV 8122, H 4699), the lines of verse are not numbered and the title page device is Heitz, plate 31, no. 10; in the variant editions, the lines are numbered by fives in inner margins of each page and the device is either Heitz, plate 32, no. 15 (in VD 16: ZV 26627, ZV 22787) or Heitz, plate 32, no. 18 (in VD 16: H 4660, H 4700). Other points: In the present edition of v. 1, the last page of the index has an entry beginning "Venus deorum princeps"; in the others, "Vnus deorum princeps"; in the present edition of v. 2, the first gathering in v. 2 is signed with an unidentified symbol (section mark?); in the others, it is signed with a cross; in the present edition, leaf 3H6 (v. 2) is signed "Hhh v"; in the others, it is unsigned. VD 16 records an additional edition of v. 1 (VD 16 H 4659), which has chief points as described for the present edition (no line numbering; Heitz no. 10 on title page), but is from a different setting of type, with the title page lacking commas after "Ilias" (in Greek and Latin) and other changes in preliminaries, after which the two editions are chiefly line for line the same; last page of index has "Vnus deorum princeps."
• Another edition with the same imprint has 913 and 837 numbered pages in v. 1 and v. 2, respectively; v. 1 omits year in date of dedicaton. See VD 16: H 4658, H 4697.
• "Ομηρου Βατραχομαχια" = "Homeri Batrachomyomachia" (The battle of the frogs and mice): v. 2, pages 700-717; "Ομηρου Υμνοι" = "Homeri Hymni" (the Homeric hymns): v. 2, pages 717-819. No longer assigned to Homer.
• "Homērou Batrachomyomachia" = "Homeri Batrachomyomachia" (The battle of the frogs and mice): v. 2, pages 700-717; "Homērou hymnoi" = "Homeri Hymni" (the Homeric hymns): v. 2, pages 717-819. No longer assigned to Homer.

Indexed In (note)

• Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16)
• Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries
• Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.)
• Ebert, F.A. Allgemeines bibliographisches Lexikon
• Répertoire bibliographique des livres du XVIe siècle qui se trouvent à la Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg

Language (note)

• Preliminaries, notes and index in Latin; body of the work in Greek (text of Henri Estienne) and Latin (text of Jean Crespin's edition, Geneva, 1560-1567), on opposite pages.

Provenance (note)

• Two early ownership inscriptions on title page: Cic.(? or Liv.?) Feyerlein; Christoph. Helvig., Sprendlingensis [Christoph Helwig], followed by three lines in Hebrew (Helwig was a Christian Hebraist). Early manuscript marginalia and underscoring, mostly in Latin and Greek; manuscript list of the books of the Iliad in Greek, with summaries taken from chapter headings, inscribed on final blank leaf.
• 19th-century ownership inscription on title page, partly cropped: Ex libris P. Ambrosij Neuberger Ord. ... [Ambrosius Neuberger]. Manuscript marginalia, mostly in German; manuscript line numbering by book in outer margins, through Book 9.

Binding (note)

• Contemporary German pigskin, blind-stamped, with arms of August, Duke of Saxony, in central panel of front cover (text below: VON GOTTES GNADEN / AVGVSTVS HERZOG ZV SACHSSEN) and arms of the Holy Roman empire in central panel of back cover (text below: DES HEILIGEN ROMISCHEN KEISERTVMS; roll borders of heads in medallions separated by foliage. Both panels include the initials C W; possibly Christoph Wolner, active in Saxony in the mid-16th century. Panels and roll not found in Einbanddatenbank.
• Contemporary German pigskin, blind-stamped, with central panels depicting Justicia (text below: IVSTICIÆ QVISQVIS PICTV / RAM LVMINE CERNIS DIC; signed at top H S) and Fortuna (text below: PASSIBVS AMBIGVIS FORTV / NA VOLVBILIS ERRAT MAN) on front and back covers respectively, and roll border of busts of Reformers (Luther, Melanchthon, Erasmus, Hus, with text respectively MART, PHILI, ERAS, IOHAN). Panels and roll not found in Einbanddatenbank.

Call Number

*KB 1572 (Homer. Collected works. Latin. Crespin. Homerou Ilias. Homeri Ilias)

OCLC

476105586

Author

Homer, author.

Title

Homērou Ilias, ē mallon hapanta ta sōzomena = Homeri Ilias, seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera / studio & cura Ob. Giphanij I.C. quàm emendatissimè edita, cum eiusdem scholijs & indicibus nouis.

Alternate Script for Title

Ομηρου Ιλιας, ἤ μαλλον ἅπαντα τὰ σωζόμενα = Homeri Ilias, seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera / studio & cura Ob. Giphanij I.C. quàm emendatissimè edita, cum eiusdem scholijs & indicibus nouis.

Publisher

Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Excudebat Theodosius Rihelius, [not before March 19, 1572]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Physical Medium

8vo rdabf

Alternate Script for Note

Volume 2 has special title page only, which reads: Ομηρου Οδυσσεια = Homeri Odyssea : eiusdem Batrachomyomachia, Hymni, alia[que] eius opuscula, seu catalecta / omnia Graecè & Latinè edita quàm emendatissimè, cum praefatione, scholijs, & indice D. Giphanij. Cum gratia & priuilegio Caesareo. Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Excudebat Theodosius Rihelius.

Alternate Script for Note

"Ομηρου Βατραχομαχια" = "Homeri Batrachomyomachia" (The battle of the frogs and mice): v. 2, pages 700-717; "Ομηρου Υμνοι" = "Homeri Hymni" (the Homeric hymns): v. 2, pages 717-819. No longer assigned to Homer.

Indexed In:

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), ZV 8122, H 4699

Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, entry 764

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 3, column 272

Ebert, F.A. Allgemeines bibliographisches Lexikon, entry 9960

Répertoire bibliographique des livres du XVIe siècle qui se trouvent à la Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, 1199 (v. 1)

Language

Preliminaries, notes and index in Latin; body of the work in Greek (text of Henri Estienne) and Latin (text of Jean Crespin's edition, Geneva, 1560-1567), on opposite pages.

Binding

Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1): Contemporary German pigskin, blind-stamped, with arms of August, Duke of Saxony, in central panel of front cover (text below: VON GOTTES GNADEN / AVGVSTVS HERZOG ZV SACHSSEN) and arms of the Holy Roman empire in central panel of back cover (text below: DES HEILIGEN ROMISCHEN KEISERTVMS; roll borders of heads in medallions separated by foliage. Both panels include the initials C W; possibly Christoph Wolner, active in Saxony in the mid-16th century. Panels and roll not found in Einbanddatenbank. NN

Spencer Coll. copy (v. 2): Contemporary German pigskin, blind-stamped, with central panels depicting Justicia (text below: IVSTICIÆ QVISQVIS PICTV / RAM LVMINE CERNIS DIC; signed at top H S) and Fortuna (text below: PASSIBVS AMBIGVIS FORTV / NA VOLVBILIS ERRAT MAN) on front and back covers respectively, and roll border of busts of Reformers (Luther, Melanchthon, Erasmus, Hus, with text respectively MART, PHILI, ERAS, IOHAN). Panels and roll not found in Einbanddatenbank. NN

Provenance

Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1): Two early ownership inscriptions on title page: Cic.(? or Liv.?) Feyerlein; Christoph. Helvig., Sprendlingensis [Christoph Helwig], followed by three lines in Hebrew (Helwig was a Christian Hebraist). Early manuscript marginalia and underscoring, mostly in Latin and Greek; manuscript list of the books of the Iliad in Greek, with summaries taken from chapter headings, inscribed on final blank leaf. NN

Spencer Coll. copy (v. 2): 19th-century ownership inscription on title page, partly cropped: Ex libris P. Ambrosij Neuberger Ord. ... [Ambrosius Neuberger]. Manuscript marginalia, mostly in German; manuscript line numbering by book in outer margins, through Book 9. NN

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Place of Publication

France Strasbourg.

Added Author

Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598, editor.

Crespin, Jean, -1572, editor.

Giffen, Hubert van, approximately 1533-1604, editor.

Rihel, Theodosius, active 1560?-1619, printer, publisher.

Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584, illustrator.

Container of (work): Homer. Works. 1572.

Container of (expression): Homer. Works. Latin. 1572.

Container of (work): Homer. Iliad.

Container of (work): Homer. Odyssey.

Container of (expression): Homer. Iliad. Latin.

Container of (expression): Homer. Odyssey. Latin.

Wolner, Christoph, bookbinder. (Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1))

Helwig, Christoph, 1581-1617, former owner. (Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1))

Feyerlein, former owner. (Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1))

Radin, Herman T. (Herman Theodore), 1878- donor. (Copy in *KB 1572 (v. 1))

Neuberger, Ambrosius, 1814-1880, former owner. (Spencer Coll. copy (v. 2))

Added Title

Container of (work): Battle of the frogs and mice.

Container of (expression): Battle of the frogs and mice. Latin.

Container of (work): Homeric hymns.

Container of (expression): Homeric hymns. Latin.

Homērou Odysseia.

Alternate Script for Added Title

Ομηρου Οδυσσεια.

Added Title

Homeri Odyssea.

Homeri Batrachomyomachia

Alternate Script for Added Title

Ομηρου Βατραχομαχια.

Added Title

Homeri Batrachomyomachia.

Homērou hymnoi.

Alternate Script for Added Title

Ομηρου Υμνοι.

Added Title

Homeri Hymni.

Research Call Number

*KB 1572 (Homer. Collected works. Latin. Crespin. Homerou Ilias. Homeri Ilias)

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1572 79-354