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ATHENAEUS of Naucratis (fl. c.200 A.D.). Deiphosophistae, in Greek. Edited by Marcus Musurus. Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andreas Torresanus, August 1514.
Super-chancery 2 (316 x 209mm). 168 leaves, paginated. Aldine device (Fletcher no. f4) on first and last pages. Greek type 3bis: 90 (text), italic 1:80 (dedication) roman 12:90 (incidental). 45 lines and 2 headlines. Initial spaces with guide-letters. (Small hole in A2-4 affecting a few letters, tiny wormhole in final 2 leaves, repaired marginal wormtrack in 2 quires, discreet repairs at hinge of title, a few sheets browned, small marginal stain in 3 leaves.) Dark green morocco gilt by Levasseur in, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.
EDITIO PRINCEPS of Athenaeus' only extant work. The title means 'men learned in the arts of the banquet', and the banquet is the forum for 23 learned men, some with the names of real persons, such as Galen and Ulpian, to discuss philosophy, literature, law, medicine and other disciplines. It also contains much practical detail pertaining to ancient food, wine and dining customs, with many anecdotes deriving from now lost authors. Aldus began to plan a Greek edition of Athenaeus soon after establishing his press; a one-page proof of an unrealised edition, printed in Aldus's second Greek type (first used in 1496) and containing the epitome of book 1, survives at the Pierpont Morgan Library (C. Bhler, 'Aldus Manutius and the Printing of Athenaeus,' Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1955, pp.104-6). Adams A-2096; Ahmanson-Murphy 105; B.IN.G., Cat. del fondo Italiano e Latino delle opere di Gastronomia, I, no.112; Hoffmann I, 394; Renouard Alde p.67; Vicaire 50.
Super-chancery 2 (316 x 209mm). 168 leaves, paginated. Aldine device (Fletcher no. f4) on first and last pages. Greek type 3bis: 90 (text), italic 1:80 (dedication) roman 12:90 (incidental). 45 lines and 2 headlines. Initial spaces with guide-letters. (Small hole in A2-4 affecting a few letters, tiny wormhole in final 2 leaves, repaired marginal wormtrack in 2 quires, discreet repairs at hinge of title, a few sheets browned, small marginal stain in 3 leaves.) Dark green morocco gilt by Levasseur in, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.
EDITIO PRINCEPS of Athenaeus' only extant work. The title means 'men learned in the arts of the banquet', and the banquet is the forum for 23 learned men, some with the names of real persons, such as Galen and Ulpian, to discuss philosophy, literature, law, medicine and other disciplines. It also contains much practical detail pertaining to ancient food, wine and dining customs, with many anecdotes deriving from now lost authors. Aldus began to plan a Greek edition of Athenaeus soon after establishing his press; a one-page proof of an unrealised edition, printed in Aldus's second Greek type (first used in 1496) and containing the epitome of book 1, survives at the Pierpont Morgan Library (C. Bhler, 'Aldus Manutius and the Printing of Athenaeus,' Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1955, pp.104-6). Adams A-2096; Ahmanson-Murphy 105; B.IN.G., Cat. del fondo Italiano e Latino delle opere di Gastronomia, I, no.112; Hoffmann I, 394; Renouard Alde p.67; Vicaire 50.