Artemidorus Daldianus | Oneirokritikön biblia pente, Venice, 1518

Artemidorus Daldianus and Synesius

Ἀρτεμιδαώρου Ὀνειροκριτικῶν βιβλία πέντε, Περὶ ἐνυπνίων συνέσιου ὡς λέγουσιν [Oneirokritikön biblia pente - De somnniorum interpretatione, Libri Quinq[ue]. De insomniis, quod Synesii cuiusdam nomine circumfertur]. Venice: Heirs of Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano, August 1518

8vo (155 x 96 mm). Collation: a–u⁸ x⁴: 164 leaves, greek type with some italic and roman type, 30 lines plus headline, woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of final leaf, early modern marginalia in Greek to upper margin of title and p. 159 and in Latin to lower margin of p. 62, modern vellum, red sprinkled edges, title-page and x2–4 neatly remargined without loss of text

Editiones principes of these two works on the interpretation of dreams, one written in the second century, and one in the fifth. Gian Francesco Torresano states in the preface that this edition contains five books of Artemidorus, rather than the four known from the Suidas.

PROVENANCE:

"Jo[hannes] Bapt[ist]a Gabii", early modern ownership inscription to upper margin of title

LITERATURE:

UCLA 169; Cataldi Palau 39; Edit16 3212; Renouard 82/4