Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Bearb.]: 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. \_Ferrara; 1474.

N 5 eade est ptas : no mens, Veiani9 armis
H erculis ad poste fixis latet abditus agro :

N e populu extrema totiens exoret harena.

E st mihi purgata crebro qui psonet aure ,

S olue senescete mature sanus equum ne
P eccet ad extrernu ridedus 8c ilia ducat
8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

There are 12 lines beneath: a full page has 26 lines. The Epistles
end on the recto of fol. 30—reverse blank. On the recto of the suc-
ceeding leaf, the first Ode tlius begins :

QVINTI ORATII FLACCI CAR.
MINVM LIBER PRIMVS.

ECOENAS ATAVIS EDH
TE REGIBVS

O 8c prpsidium 8c dulce decus meu :

Sunt quos curriculo puluerem olympicu
C ollegisse iuuat: metaq; feruidis
E uitata rotis : palmaq; nobilis
T errarum dominis euehit ad deos.

H unc si nobilium turba Quiritium
C ertet ter geminis tollere honoribus
Illum si proprio condidit horreo
Q uicquid de libycis uerritur areis.

8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

Beneath, are 11 lines. The Odes have no titles ; but the Carmen
Seculare has this prefix, and the first stanza is thus printed:

QVINTI ORACII FLACCI
CARMEN SECVLARE

H oebe : syluarumq; potens diana ;

L ucidum cpli decus o colendi