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ANCIENT CLASSICS. \Without Date.
A small letter is inserted in t.he space of the capital initial to be en-
larged and beautified according to the fancy of the illuminator. There
are catchwords in the inner margin, on the reverse of every leaf; but
neither signatures nor numbers to the leaves. The type is large,
round, and extremely legible. Morelli does not scruple to call the book
* longe rarissimus.’ The present is a handsome copy, in dark red-
stained morocco.
241. Fjlorus. TVithout Date, Placey or Name of
Printer. Folio.
This impression, which has the singularity of having Gothic capitala
occasionally prefixed to the eommencement of sections, &c. seems to
liave escaped the notice of most bibliographers : it being obviously
different from either of those dateless editions, in the Roman cha-
racter, noticed by Panzer in vol. iv. p. 130-1. It begins thus, on the
recto of the first leaf:
fEutii Amnei flori Romane
historie liber primus.
<£>pulos romanus a rege Romulo in Cesare
Augustum septingentos per annos tantum
p operumpacebelloq; gessit: utsiquismagnL
tudinem imperii cumannis coferat j etatem
ultra putet. Ita enim ubiq; per orbe^terra^
armalate circutulit. utquireseius legant J no uniuspopuli
sed generishumani facta discant. Namtotlaboribus [ perL
8cc. 8cc. 8cc.
A full page contains 36 lines. The occasional introduction of Gothic
initials is rai’ely seen afterthe 12th leaf, and is resumed at the last leaf.
On tlie reverse of the 48th and last, nearly at top, we read as follows:
jfinis est.
flucii Amnei flori. liber quartus. de Romane
historie uniuerse Compendio finit.
Haus Deo.
ANCIENT CLASSICS. \Without Date.
A small letter is inserted in t.he space of the capital initial to be en-
larged and beautified according to the fancy of the illuminator. There
are catchwords in the inner margin, on the reverse of every leaf; but
neither signatures nor numbers to the leaves. The type is large,
round, and extremely legible. Morelli does not scruple to call the book
* longe rarissimus.’ The present is a handsome copy, in dark red-
stained morocco.
241. Fjlorus. TVithout Date, Placey or Name of
Printer. Folio.
This impression, which has the singularity of having Gothic capitala
occasionally prefixed to the eommencement of sections, &c. seems to
liave escaped the notice of most bibliographers : it being obviously
different from either of those dateless editions, in the Roman cha-
racter, noticed by Panzer in vol. iv. p. 130-1. It begins thus, on the
recto of the first leaf:
fEutii Amnei flori Romane
historie liber primus.
<£>pulos romanus a rege Romulo in Cesare
Augustum septingentos per annos tantum
p operumpacebelloq; gessit: utsiquismagnL
tudinem imperii cumannis coferat j etatem
ultra putet. Ita enim ubiq; per orbe^terra^
armalate circutulit. utquireseius legant J no uniuspopuli
sed generishumani facta discant. Namtotlaboribus [ perL
8cc. 8cc. 8cc.
A full page contains 36 lines. The occasional introduction of Gothic
initials is rai’ely seen afterthe 12th leaf, and is resumed at the last leaf.
On tlie reverse of the 48th and last, nearly at top, we read as follows:
jfinis est.
flucii Amnei flori. liber quartus. de Romane
historie uniuerse Compendio finit.
Haus Deo.