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THEOLOGY.
[De Brocario,
De Bure has minutely described the preliminary and detached pieces
inthese volumes : the succession of signatures in each vol.is as follows:
Vol. I. + seven: a to in sixes: aa to Tt in sixes; then 33 ineight:
then a two.
II. Two leaves. a to } in sixes: aa to bb in sixes: bfe, four leaves:
a two.
III. aaa to eee in sixes: eee four: Aaa to Bbb in sixes: Cccfour:
JD $ 5 to 3Iit in sixes. 31u in fours—recommencing with a
and extending to p in sixes; p having eight. Then A to
F in sixes. F only four.
IV. a to 5 in sixes: aa to pp in sixes : pp four: to jf inclusively
in sixes. "B four: a two.
V. a four: & to ^in sixes : to in sixes. eight:
a to g in sixes : g three.
VI. One leaf: 8 to 3 in sixes : 83 to jfjf in sixes : jfjf four:
a eight: 8 to K> in sixes : © two : 8 TB sixes: & three.
This collation is made from a copy in the collection of the late
Bishop of Ely; as I had omitted to make so particular a one from
that which belongs to the present library, and is at Althorp. Kol-
larius, in his truly valuable edition of Lambecius’s Commentaries con-
cerning the MSS. in the Imperial library at Vienna,* has given a long
account of this work; noticing the copy of it, upon paper, which was
procured by Count Petting, in the purchase of Melchior Gabrega’s
library in 1674, by order of the Emperor. A copy upon vellum is in the
collection of Count M'Carthy; another similar one is in the royal library
at Madrid; and a third is in that of Turin. These are the only known
vellum copies in existence. The present is undoubtedly among the
most beautiful and perfect copies of it, upon paper, that can be seen.
Those who are unaequainted with the splendour and skill of ancient
printing, can have little conception of the fine typographical execution
of these volumes. The paper, although not equally bright with that
of the Mozarabic Missal, is well manufactured for the reception of the
ink : the types are large and legible; and the Hebrew and Greekf in
particular, cannot fail to please a lover and collector of ancient books
printed in these languages. The capital initials are uniformly printed,
* Edit. 1779, fol. vol. ii. col. 959 to 965.
■f A fac-simile of the Greek Type is prefixed to my second and third editions of the In-
troduction to the knowledge of rare and valualle Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics,
1804 ; 1808 : 2 vols. 8VO.
THEOLOGY.
[De Brocario,
De Bure has minutely described the preliminary and detached pieces
inthese volumes : the succession of signatures in each vol.is as follows:
Vol. I. + seven: a to in sixes: aa to Tt in sixes; then 33 ineight:
then a two.
II. Two leaves. a to } in sixes: aa to bb in sixes: bfe, four leaves:
a two.
III. aaa to eee in sixes: eee four: Aaa to Bbb in sixes: Cccfour:
JD $ 5 to 3Iit in sixes. 31u in fours—recommencing with a
and extending to p in sixes; p having eight. Then A to
F in sixes. F only four.
IV. a to 5 in sixes: aa to pp in sixes : pp four: to jf inclusively
in sixes. "B four: a two.
V. a four: & to ^in sixes : to in sixes. eight:
a to g in sixes : g three.
VI. One leaf: 8 to 3 in sixes : 83 to jfjf in sixes : jfjf four:
a eight: 8 to K> in sixes : © two : 8 TB sixes: & three.
This collation is made from a copy in the collection of the late
Bishop of Ely; as I had omitted to make so particular a one from
that which belongs to the present library, and is at Althorp. Kol-
larius, in his truly valuable edition of Lambecius’s Commentaries con-
cerning the MSS. in the Imperial library at Vienna,* has given a long
account of this work; noticing the copy of it, upon paper, which was
procured by Count Petting, in the purchase of Melchior Gabrega’s
library in 1674, by order of the Emperor. A copy upon vellum is in the
collection of Count M'Carthy; another similar one is in the royal library
at Madrid; and a third is in that of Turin. These are the only known
vellum copies in existence. The present is undoubtedly among the
most beautiful and perfect copies of it, upon paper, that can be seen.
Those who are unaequainted with the splendour and skill of ancient
printing, can have little conception of the fine typographical execution
of these volumes. The paper, although not equally bright with that
of the Mozarabic Missal, is well manufactured for the reception of the
ink : the types are large and legible; and the Hebrew and Greekf in
particular, cannot fail to please a lover and collector of ancient books
printed in these languages. The capital initials are uniformly printed,
* Edit. 1779, fol. vol. ii. col. 959 to 965.
■f A fac-simile of the Greek Type is prefixed to my second and third editions of the In-
troduction to the knowledge of rare and valualle Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics,
1804 ; 1808 : 2 vols. 8VO.