Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Homer
Title:: Hē tou Homērou poiēsis hapasa.
Alternate Title(s):: Title in Goff: Poiēsis hapasa
Published / Created:: [Florence] : [Bernardus Nerlius, Nerius Nerlius, Demetrius Damilas], [9 December 1488, i.e. not before 13 January 1488/9]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ([880] pages) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BEIN Zi +6194: Fol. 41b, 42, 440 blank; 440 wanting. Capital spaces blank. Contemporary manuscript marginal notes. Bibliographical notes in English on front and back paste-downs of v. 1. Other bibliographical notes on free front endpaper of v. 1. Armorial bookplates of Count Dmitriǐ Buturlin, godson of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia. From the Ionides collection, the gift of Professor C.B. Tinker, June, 1935. Italian late 18th-century binding, parchment on boards. Bound in 2 volumes. Printed waste used in binding.
Subject Terms:: Achilles (Mythological character) -- Poetry. | Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Poetry. | Epic poetry, Greek. | Buturlin, Dmitrīĭ Petrovich, 1763–1829 -- Bookplate. | Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963 -- Ownership. | Ionides, Constantine Alexander, 1833–1900 -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:: Annotations (Provenance) | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Printed waste (Binding)
Contributors:: Calcondila, Demetrio, 1423–1511. | Eustathius, Archbishop of Thessalonica, -approximately 1194. | Nerli, Bernardo, bookseller. | Nerli, Nerio, bookseller. | Demetrius, of Crete, active 1476–1488, bookseller. | Dio, Chrysostom. De Homero.