Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 1) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-1]

Milan; 1498-9.] CICERO. S83

applicable to an author who wrote * a book concerning epigrams, in
folio; of Avhich there is a MS. in the Imperial Library at Vienna.’
Bibliotheca, p. 611. edit. 1583. Although Ernesti (Opnsc. Philolog.
p. 137,) tells us that no MSS., but merely the previous printed pub-
lications, were consulted by its Editor, yet surely that scholar is
deserving of high commendation, who had the perseverance to collect,
and the skill to digest, the quantity of materials which must have lain
before him. Nor is the mode in which this publication is given to the
world, less commendable ; for the reader can rarely contemplate a
more splendid specimen of ancient typography. It is not inaptly
described in the language of Braun: * Editio prsesens elegantissima
est, sive typus, qui romanus et nitidus est, sive charta, quae alba
admodum ac firma, sive marginum amplitudo, spectetur.’ Notit. Hist.
Litt. pt. ii. p. 302. The present is a truly beautiful and magnificent
copy of it; and is bound in 3 volumes, in red moroeco.

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