Title: Didymou tou palaiotatou Eis ten Odysseian exegesis. Didymi antiquissimi auctoris Interpretatio in Odysseam, 1528. In Original Printer Boards
Author: Didymus Chalcenterus
Publisher: Venice, heirs of Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano
Condition: Very Good
A scarce early 16th century first Aldine edition of Chalcenterus’s commentary on the Odyssey, entirely printed in a superb Greek type.
The volume is still in the original printer’s boards, reinforced with printed block papers to the spine.
Below the title page, there is a scratched-out inscription “Domici Torelli et amicorum”.
Worldcat records 20 existing copies of this edition in libraries.
One volume 12mo, 117+(1) leaves
This volume is in very good shape, with some wear and staining to the binding. The first and last leaves bear spots and faint damp staining, with little to none throughout the rest of the volume.