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The brothers Nerli were the publishers + Bernardo, in the dedication
praises the biberality of his brother Neri, the help of Giovanni Accisioli
the editorial labors of D. Chalcondyles.

completed Milan 30 Jan 1476 (4B) - the 1st book to be
printed entirely in Greek, the 1st Greek book to bear a date
the 1st Greek book to be signed by its printer. The type
itself is the 1st Greek font to contain a complete set of
capitals, though of somewhat degraded style. The lower-case
is assimilated as far as possible to the continuity of script
by the ingenious method of designing certain letters in
several universityies so as to fit them in whatever position
they may occur as close as possible to the letter
following. With the issue of the Lascaris of 1476 Greek
typography may be regardedas definitely launched on its
course.
- The 1st printing in greek of the Iliad, Odyssey + Homeric Hymns.
It was edited by D. Chalcondgles + contains a preface, addressed
to Piero de' Medici, by B. Nerlius: Here it is explained
that the edition was undertaken to further Hellenic studies
and that the text of Homer was selected in order to purify
the current texts which stood in great need of
improvement.
-These works of Homer were existant as early as 1000 BC + were
handed down for several hundreds of years by public reciters
until reduced to writing under Pisistratus (605-627 BC)
- It has been said that the Illiad which is martial + impassioned
was written for men, while the Odeyssey, a sequel which
deals with the marvelous, the romantic + the domestic was
written for a woman.
- the type was designed by D. Damilas. It was published under the
patronage of Bernardo + Neiro Nerli of Florence.
Type 110 R - large text type. Seperate Q with short flatened tail. E, F narrow
with 2 forms of L + R.
96 R - round text type. Used for Nerlius's introducory letter in the Homer.
121GR - semi cursive text type. Used in the Virgil (1487/8). Without capitals,
tied letters, "accents or breathings, + recast for the Homer with fewer
variants, but several additional accented corts (See Proctor, p. 69 Printing of Greek Type)