Creator
Homer.
Title
[Iliad; Odyssey. ]
Coverage
[Venice]
Publisher
[Aldus Manutius]
Date
[1504]
Description
2 volumes.
This two-volume edition of the works of Homer by the great Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), was probably acquired by Grolier while serving as treasurer-general in French-occupied Milan from 1509 to 1512. The first page of text is illuminated with Grolier’s arms and device, the shield surrounded by the phrase, “Jehan Grolier Conseillier du Roy, Tresorier.” On the right, a painted device with the motto “Aeque difficulter,” a quote from Livy, one of Grolier’s favorite classical authors.
This two-volume edition of the works of Homer by the great Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), was probably acquired by Grolier while serving as treasurer-general in French-occupied Milan from 1509 to 1512. The first page of text is illuminated with Grolier’s arms and device, the shield surrounded by the phrase, “Jehan Grolier Conseillier du Roy, Tresorier.” On the right, a painted device with the motto “Aeque difficulter,” a quote from Livy, one of Grolier’s favorite classical authors.
Source
Purchased from the Nichols Fund, 1940.