PINDAR (c. 518 – c. 438) - photo 1
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PINDAR (c. 518 – c. 438)

Lot 111
11.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 111 | PINDAR (c. 518 – c. 438)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
PINDAR (c. 518 – c. 438)
Olympia; Pythia; Nemea; Isthmia; Callimachi hymni qui inveniuntur; Dionysus de situ orbis; Licophronis Alexandra, obscurum poema, in Greek. Venice: Aldus Manutius, January 1513
Editio princeps of Pindar’s complete works, dedicated to Andrea Navagero, and the first Aldine publication after a four-year hiatus. In addition to works by Pindar, the edition includes three Hellenistic works of the 2nd century BCE. Navagero was a diplomat, poet, editor of Latin authors, scholar commissioned by the Venetian Republic to write its official history, and a collaborator of Aldus. The edition’s preface claims: 'We can now call Venice another Athens on account of the many other men here gifted with extraordinary learning'. Copies printed on paper were probably no more than 250, and Aldus printed a singular copy on vellum in a larger format, most likely to be presented to Navagero. Mastery of the octavo in this edition is the fruit of twenty years of experimentation with format and design. It is also a rare example of an Aldine publication with pagination. Quires are identified with Arabic numerals, an innovation at the time. Greek types, based on contemporary handwritings rather than Jenson’s historic alphabets, 'would become the vernacular of Greek printing' (Bauer, p.440). Renouard 64.9; Adams P-1218) (Bauer, Douglas F. 'Problems in the Aldine Pindar.' The Princeton University Library Chronicle 76, no. 3 (2015): 419-446.

Octavo (150 x 92mm). 196 leaves, Aldine woodcut on title-page, Greek and Roman types, annotated in Greek throughout (light browning in quires 18-20, 23-24, especially along margins, small marginal wormholes and spotting in last few leaves). 19th-century red morocco by M. M. Holloway, London, tooled and gilt in blind, upper cover lettered, gilt edges. Provenance: annotated throughout in Greek in a contemporary hand (sometimes just shaved).

Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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