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Venice; 1518.]
GREEK BIBLE.
77
Calliergus’s Greek books printed at Venice. On the termination of
Job, and between this and the Psalms, there is a blank leaf. In the
Psalter, fol. 196 or 197 is erroneously numbered 199 ; and the ensuing
leaf is marked 202 for 200 : 205 is erroneously numbered 185. There
may be other irregularities of numbering, not uncommon in the more
early books of the Aldine press. On sign. xxpp. is a table of the
books in the third part of the volume, or of the New Testament.
This is followed by the address of Franciscus Asulanus to Erasmus.
Brief lives of the Evangelists are on the reverse of this summary, or
table. Onfol. 353, rect. the N. Testamentbegins. Ontherev. of fol.
434, the notice of the three heavenly witnesses (i. John, v. 7.) is thus:
oti Tpsl$ elcriv 01 [/.apTvpovVTe; to mevp.ct, xca to v-
doop xai to alpoa . xai oi Tpe~i$ ei$ to ev eicnv.
Tlie three leaves following, are inaccurately numbered 245, 246, 207,
for 434, 435, 436. After fol. 451, are tliree leaves: on the recto of
the first of these is the Register with the imprint, thus :
VENETIIS IN AEDIB.
ALDI E T ANDREAE
SOCERI. MDXVIII
MEN SE FEBRVA
RIO.
The second of these three leaves is entirely blank. On the reverse
of the third and last, is the Aldine anchor as before, but printed in
black.
This description will be found more ample, and perhaps more
satisfactory, than the one which Renouard has given in his Vlmprim.
cles Alde; vol. i. p. 140. In regard to the intrinsic value of this
edition, the reader will be pleased to consult the authorities cited in
my Introd. to the Classics; vol. i. p. 36. There are copies upon thick
paper, of which the Duke of Devonshire possesses one ; and formerly
in the Vatican, perhaps now in the Imperial library at Paris,there was
a copy upon vellum. The present is an exceedingly fine copy. It is
bound in blue morocco; and is so large, that many of the leaves have
rough edges, at bottom.
GREEK BIBLE.
77
Calliergus’s Greek books printed at Venice. On the termination of
Job, and between this and the Psalms, there is a blank leaf. In the
Psalter, fol. 196 or 197 is erroneously numbered 199 ; and the ensuing
leaf is marked 202 for 200 : 205 is erroneously numbered 185. There
may be other irregularities of numbering, not uncommon in the more
early books of the Aldine press. On sign. xxpp. is a table of the
books in the third part of the volume, or of the New Testament.
This is followed by the address of Franciscus Asulanus to Erasmus.
Brief lives of the Evangelists are on the reverse of this summary, or
table. Onfol. 353, rect. the N. Testamentbegins. Ontherev. of fol.
434, the notice of the three heavenly witnesses (i. John, v. 7.) is thus:
oti Tpsl$ elcriv 01 [/.apTvpovVTe; to mevp.ct, xca to v-
doop xai to alpoa . xai oi Tpe~i$ ei$ to ev eicnv.
Tlie three leaves following, are inaccurately numbered 245, 246, 207,
for 434, 435, 436. After fol. 451, are tliree leaves: on the recto of
the first of these is the Register with the imprint, thus :
VENETIIS IN AEDIB.
ALDI E T ANDREAE
SOCERI. MDXVIII
MEN SE FEBRVA
RIO.
The second of these three leaves is entirely blank. On the reverse
of the third and last, is the Aldine anchor as before, but printed in
black.
This description will be found more ample, and perhaps more
satisfactory, than the one which Renouard has given in his Vlmprim.
cles Alde; vol. i. p. 140. In regard to the intrinsic value of this
edition, the reader will be pleased to consult the authorities cited in
my Introd. to the Classics; vol. i. p. 36. There are copies upon thick
paper, of which the Duke of Devonshire possesses one ; and formerly
in the Vatican, perhaps now in the Imperial library at Paris,there was
a copy upon vellum. The present is an exceedingly fine copy. It is
bound in blue morocco; and is so large, that many of the leaves have
rough edges, at bottom.