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. [Milanj 1476.

261. Horatius. Opera Omnia. Printed hy
Philip de Lavagnia. Milan. 1476. Folio.

An elegantly executed edition, and by no means of eommon oceur-
rence. It has been very superficially described by Maittaire, De Bure,
Saxius, and Panzer; and merits a somewhat particular detail. On the
recto of the first leaf, the text commences thus:

QVINTI HORATII FLACCI
VENVSIMI CARMINVM LIBER
PRIMVS AD MECOENATEM.

m Ecoenas Atauis edite regibus :

O 8c praesidium 8c dulce decus meum.

Sut quos curriculo puluere olympicum
Collegisse iuuat; maetaq; feruidis
E uitata rotis palmaque nobilis
T errarum dominos euehit ad deos.

At the end of the Carmen Seculare, on the reverse of fol. 61, it is as
follows ;

H aec Iouem sentire deosque cunctos
Spem bonam certamque domum reporto
D octus 8c phoebi chorus Dianae
Dicere laudes.

F I N I S

On the recto of the following leaf begins the Ars Poetica : a full page
having 34 lines. There are uniformly titles to the Odes, Satires, and
Epistles. On the recto of the 1 c24th, and last leaf, we read the following
colophon:

F I N I S

Hoc opus Horatii emendatissimum impressum est
opa8c impensis Philippi de Lauagnia Ciuis medio
lanensis. Anno a Natali Christiano. Mcccclxxvi.
die. xvi. Februarii. Amen.