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294 ANCIENT CLASSICS. \Without Name;
although of somewhat less dimensions than the copy whicli was pur-
chased from the Roxburg'h collection, by Mr. J. Raine, for 60 guineas.
It is bound in red morocco.
149. Catullus. Tibuulus. Propertius. Cum
Statii Sylvis. TVithout Printers Name, or
Place. 1472. Folio.
Editio Princeps. The reader is first presented with a more
minute and faithful account of the arrangement of the contents of
this exceedingly rare volume, than has yet appeared in any bibliogra-
phical publication. A few observations are in tlie second plaee sub-
mitted to him, which may not be considered irrelevant, or wholly
uninteresting. On the reverse of the first leaf, at top, we have the
following not incurious Advertisement.
u Aleri 9 Catull 9 scriptor lyric 9 Yeronp nascitur
Olympiade. C.lxiii. Anno ante natum Salusti
um Crispum. Diris Marii sylleq; teporibus. Quo die
Plotinus latina rhetorica prini 9 Romp docere coepit
Amauit hic Puellam primariam Clodia : quam lesbia
suo appellatin carmine. Lasciuiuscul 9 fuit 8c sua tem
pestate pares paucos in dicedo frenata oratione : supe/
riorem hahuit neminen. in iocis Apprime lepidus
in Seriis uero grauissimus extitit erotica scripsit 8c
Epithalamiu in manlium. Anno uero ptatis sup. xxx.
Romp moritur Elatus moerore publico.
On the recto of the ensuing leaf, at top, is an c Hextichumsup-
posed to be from the pen of Guarinus Veronensis, in praise of Catullus
—but Count Reviczky thinks tlie verses are rather the production of
Baptista Guarinus his son : they being too barbarous and obscure for the
learned editor. Then follows the poet’s address to Cornelius Gallus.
Yoi dono lepidum : nouum libellum
q Arido modo pumice expolitum
Corneli tibi: nanq; tu solebas
Meas esse aiiquid putare nugas.
although of somewhat less dimensions than the copy whicli was pur-
chased from the Roxburg'h collection, by Mr. J. Raine, for 60 guineas.
It is bound in red morocco.
149. Catullus. Tibuulus. Propertius. Cum
Statii Sylvis. TVithout Printers Name, or
Place. 1472. Folio.
Editio Princeps. The reader is first presented with a more
minute and faithful account of the arrangement of the contents of
this exceedingly rare volume, than has yet appeared in any bibliogra-
phical publication. A few observations are in tlie second plaee sub-
mitted to him, which may not be considered irrelevant, or wholly
uninteresting. On the reverse of the first leaf, at top, we have the
following not incurious Advertisement.
u Aleri 9 Catull 9 scriptor lyric 9 Yeronp nascitur
Olympiade. C.lxiii. Anno ante natum Salusti
um Crispum. Diris Marii sylleq; teporibus. Quo die
Plotinus latina rhetorica prini 9 Romp docere coepit
Amauit hic Puellam primariam Clodia : quam lesbia
suo appellatin carmine. Lasciuiuscul 9 fuit 8c sua tem
pestate pares paucos in dicedo frenata oratione : supe/
riorem hahuit neminen. in iocis Apprime lepidus
in Seriis uero grauissimus extitit erotica scripsit 8c
Epithalamiu in manlium. Anno uero ptatis sup. xxx.
Romp moritur Elatus moerore publico.
On the recto of the ensuing leaf, at top, is an c Hextichumsup-
posed to be from the pen of Guarinus Veronensis, in praise of Catullus
—but Count Reviczky thinks tlie verses are rather the production of
Baptista Guarinus his son : they being too barbarous and obscure for the
learned editor. Then follows the poet’s address to Cornelius Gallus.
Yoi dono lepidum : nouum libellum
q Arido modo pumice expolitum
Corneli tibi: nanq; tu solebas
Meas esse aiiquid putare nugas.