Adams H-751 ; M\u00fcller, II, p. 287\/198 ; Ritter, Histoire, p. 246 and following.<\/i><\/p>\n
Beautifully executed edition in Greek, printed by the master printer Wolfgang K\u00f6pfel, active in Strassburg between 1522 and 1554. His print shop was one of the three most important (together with Mylius and Richel) during Reformation and Counterreformation. A skilled workman he finished his first Greek printings in 1524 (Psalter<\/i>, followed by the Old Testament<\/i>). In 1526 he was able to finish his Greek Bible, edited by Lonicer who praised K\u00f6pfel’s important work in his introduction (“qui, dans l’introduction, exalte les services rendus \u00e0 la science par K\u00f6pfel”. Ritter, Histoire de l’imprimerie alsacienne aux XVe et XVIe si\u00e8cles, p. 246).<\/p>\n
“En 1525, en effet, K\u00f6pfel avait publi\u00e9 le texte grec de l’Illiade<\/i> et de l’Odyss\u00e9e<\/i>. Il devait en donner par la suite trois r\u00e9\u00e9ditions, en 1534, 1542 et 1550″ (Ritter).<\/p>\n
Important association copy, the only known lnown in private hands, having belonged to the 16th century Italian poet Matheo Bandello and bearing his signature on the title page Bandelli et Amicorum<\/i>. Fiorato Adelin Charles describes 3 known books from Bandello’s library : “…parmi les trois ouvrages qui ont surv\u00e9cu \u00e0 la disparition de sa biblioth\u00e8que, deux sont en grec. Le premier avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9 par Francesco Picco comme \u00e9tant connu de l\u2019historien agenais Boudon de Saint-Amans : il s\u2019agit d\u2019une Odyss\u00e9e d\u2019Hom\u00e8re portant l\u2019ex-libris Bandelli et Amicorum, formule que le conteur avait emprunt\u00e9e aux bibliophiles de la fin du XV si\u00e9cle. Le second a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvert, il y a quelques ann\u00e9es par Carlo Godi \u00e0 la biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019universit\u00e9 catholique du Sacro Cuore de Milan : il s\u2019agit de la grammaire grecque de Guarino de V\u00e9rone publi\u00e9e \u00e0 Ferrare le 23 juin 1509 chez Giovanni Mazzocchi de Bondeno” (Fiorato Adelin Charles, Bandello entre l\u2019histoire et l\u2019\u00e9criture, pag. 152).<\/p>\n
Francesco Picco mentions a fourth volume in his essay Bandelli Et Amicorum<\/i>, the De philosophia<\/i> by Cicero, to which one must add the present copy of the 1542 Homer. Finally a fifth volume is today known, the Harmonia evangelica<\/i> by Osiander Andreas, printed by Froben in Basel in 1537. This copy bears the signatures of Jean Fregoso and Bandello et Amicorum<\/i> and is located in the municipal library at Bordeaux (G.F. 677 R\u00e9s.) having previously belonged to Montesquieu. Matteo Bandello (1485-1560) was, together with Ariosto, one of the most successful 16th century Italian poets outside of of Italy.<\/p>\n
Very good copy of significant provenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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