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 2) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-2]

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ANCIENT CLASSICS. [Milan; 1493.

of his Books ('Bibl. Revicz. 1784,—p. 8-9.) justly infers that it was
printed with the Isocrates in 1493 ; although it is not uncommon to
possess it in a separate foi’m. In the Crevenna Collection neither the
Hesiod nor the Theocritus, of this form, accompanied the Isocrates ;
Bibl. Crevenn. vol. iii. p. 5S, n°. 3266: but in tlie catalogue of the
public Library at Leyden (as Harles, Fabric. Bibl. Grcec. vol. i. p. 596,
has properly remarked) the Isocrates of 1493, and the Theocritus and
Hesiod of 1493, are distinctly specified. See Bibl. Lugd. Bat. p. 251.
De Bure appears to have been ignorant of its existence. We may
now proceed to a sufficiently particular, although brief, description of
the present impression.

It is bound with an edition of Theocritus of the same supposed date;
and begins thus, on the recto of sign. E i: the capitals being printed
in red.

'HCIO'AOT TOT" ACKPAI'OT ’EPTA
KAT 'HME'PAI.

po oixrui mspbriOsv aojSijci

KA smcra.i

Asvls 8/, SVVSTTcls (TlpSTSpOV 7TUTSp

vfj.vsiovarui.

*Ovls OidfSpOToi clvdps<r 6fj.w(rafufdi ts fuTQiTs

'PlJTOIT UpgYjTo'lTS. Albc fj.sddkoio SKYjTl.

&c. &c. &c.

A full page contains 30 lines or verses. On the reverse of fol. 13,
the ‘ Works’ end. On the recto of the ensuing leaf the ‘ Days’ com-
mence in the following manner:

'HCIO'AOT 'HME'PAI.
vf [xutu d’sxhoQsv irsfvXufsvo; 15 kutu

{J-olpUV

Hs<pguSs/j.ev dfJ,bbs<r<Ti. TpitjKuSu fXYjpb;

UgiTTYjV

E ,rpfuT S'KO’kIsUSIV. Yjb\ UfJ.UpXiYjV buTSU(j$Ui,

E’5T UV uXYjOsiYjV Xuo) KplvCtiVTSS u{cti<TlV.

Beneath, are 20 verses. This Opusculum here contains but 2 pages
and half. See the Theocritus under the same year, post. The present
is a finecopy; in blue morocco binding.