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DIDYMUS. Interpretationes . . . in Homeri Iliada, nec non in Odyssea. 319, [1] leaves (complete text of Didymus, with blank at end); lacks the following 44 unnumbered leaves (text of Porphyry, Homericarum quaestionum liber and De nympharum antro in Odyssea opusculum, colophon/register, and final leaf with Aldine device). bound with his :Interpretatio in Odysseam. 127, [1] leaves, including final leaf with Aldine device. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 163x100 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, worn overall; contemporary Greek marginalia throughout, first title soiled and loose. Bookplates of A. Russell Pollock on first title verso and James Ellsworth on rear pastedown. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, May 1521; June 1528)
first aldine editions. Despite the title, the 1521 edition did not include the commentary on the Odyssey, which first appeared in 1528. Renouard, pages 91(6), 105(4); Ahmanson-Murphy 200, 253.
