[HOMER, attributed to] Batrachomyiomachia (The Battle of the Frogs and Mice).
[HOMER, attributed to]
Batrachomyiomachia (The Battle of the Frogs and Mice).
Paris: Josse Badius for Paul Gulpen, n.d. [c.1500].
4to. 8 ll., single column Roman type, 27 lines per page. a-a8. A very good and clean copy with good margins in late 19th-century French olive gilt-ruled polished calf by Jn Jeaussem, gilt title to spine, small lack to head of spine, a little light scuffing and rubbing, small ?wax stain to upper cover, but attractive overall.
A very rare post-incunable edition of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, a comic satire of the Iliad, printed by the celebrated scholar and printer Josse Badius in Paris. The text, traditionally attributed to Homer, may in fact be by Pigres of Halicarnassus, though other authors have also been suggested.
The story of how the actions of the King of the Frogs lead to the death of the King of the Mice and the war of revenge that ensues, with Zeus and the Olympian gods weighing in on either side, is a brilliant satire on the Iliad. This edition is rare, and though undated, most likely dates from the very early part of the 16th century. Renouard, in his bibliography of Badius’s printed books, suggests a date after 1507, when Badius had moved from his premises in the Rue des Carmes to the Rue St Jacques (the “Praelum Ascensianum”). The paper, however, seems most likely to be from the late 15th century, the watermark (a unicorn with a belt-like design around its middle) being most similar to Briquet’s 10388, made in Clermont Ferrand in 1497. It is also similar to a watermark from Northern France in 1494-6 identified by F. de Bofanull y Sans. It seems unlikely that Badius would leave the paper stock sitting around for years and years, which - along with the overall appearance of the book - would support a relatively early dating (the first edition of this work is from 1486, cf. Bibliotheca Heberiana catalogue item 3440).
OCLC identifies only seven copies of this edition.
A very good copy of a rare early post-incunable work printed by a noted Paris printer, the text an unusual comic satire on the Trojan War told through a battle between frogs and mice, a take-off of the Iliad.
Not in the BL. Renouard - J.B. Ascensius, vol. II, p. 496.
[HOMER, attributed to]
Batrachomyiomachia (The Battle of the Frogs and Mice).
Paris: Josse Badius for Paul Gulpen, n.d. [c.1500].
4to. 8 ll., single column Roman type, 27 lines per page. a-a8. A very good and clean copy with good margins in late 19th-century French olive gilt-ruled polished calf by Jn Jeaussem, gilt title to spine, small lack to head of spine, a little light scuffing and rubbing, small ?wax stain to upper cover, but attractive overall.
A very rare post-incunable edition of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, a comic satire of the Iliad, printed by the celebrated scholar and printer Josse Badius in Paris. The text, traditionally attributed to Homer, may in fact be by Pigres of Halicarnassus, though other authors have also been suggested.
The story of how the actions of the King of the Frogs lead to the death of the King of the Mice and the war of revenge that ensues, with Zeus and the Olympian gods weighing in on either side, is a brilliant satire on the Iliad. This edition is rare, and though undated, most likely dates from the very early part of the 16th century. Renouard, in his bibliography of Badius’s printed books, suggests a date after 1507, when Badius had moved from his premises in the Rue des Carmes to the Rue St Jacques (the “Praelum Ascensianum”). The paper, however, seems most likely to be from the late 15th century, the watermark (a unicorn with a belt-like design around its middle) being most similar to Briquet’s 10388, made in Clermont Ferrand in 1497. It is also similar to a watermark from Northern France in 1494-6 identified by F. de Bofanull y Sans. It seems unlikely that Badius would leave the paper stock sitting around for years and years, which - along with the overall appearance of the book - would support a relatively early dating (the first edition of this work is from 1486, cf. Bibliotheca Heberiana catalogue item 3440).
OCLC identifies only seven copies of this edition.
A very good copy of a rare early post-incunable work printed by a noted Paris printer, the text an unusual comic satire on the Trojan War told through a battle between frogs and mice, a take-off of the Iliad.
Not in the BL. Renouard - J.B. Ascensius, vol. II, p. 496.
[HOMER, attributed to]
Batrachomyiomachia (The Battle of the Frogs and Mice).
Paris: Josse Badius for Paul Gulpen, n.d. [c.1500].
4to. 8 ll., single column Roman type, 27 lines per page. a-a8. A very good and clean copy with good margins in late 19th-century French olive gilt-ruled polished calf by Jn Jeaussem, gilt title to spine, small lack to head of spine, a little light scuffing and rubbing, small ?wax stain to upper cover, but attractive overall.
A very rare post-incunable edition of the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, a comic satire of the Iliad, printed by the celebrated scholar and printer Josse Badius in Paris. The text, traditionally attributed to Homer, may in fact be by Pigres of Halicarnassus, though other authors have also been suggested.
The story of how the actions of the King of the Frogs lead to the death of the King of the Mice and the war of revenge that ensues, with Zeus and the Olympian gods weighing in on either side, is a brilliant satire on the Iliad. This edition is rare, and though undated, most likely dates from the very early part of the 16th century. Renouard, in his bibliography of Badius’s printed books, suggests a date after 1507, when Badius had moved from his premises in the Rue des Carmes to the Rue St Jacques (the “Praelum Ascensianum”). The paper, however, seems most likely to be from the late 15th century, the watermark (a unicorn with a belt-like design around its middle) being most similar to Briquet’s 10388, made in Clermont Ferrand in 1497. It is also similar to a watermark from Northern France in 1494-6 identified by F. de Bofanull y Sans. It seems unlikely that Badius would leave the paper stock sitting around for years and years, which - along with the overall appearance of the book - would support a relatively early dating (the first edition of this work is from 1486, cf. Bibliotheca Heberiana catalogue item 3440).
OCLC identifies only seven copies of this edition.
A very good copy of a rare early post-incunable work printed by a noted Paris printer, the text an unusual comic satire on the Trojan War told through a battle between frogs and mice, a take-off of the Iliad.
Not in the BL. Renouard - J.B. Ascensius, vol. II, p. 496.