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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203

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The Remedium Amoris begins on the recto of tlie following leaf, and
occupies 18 leaves: the reverse of the 18th being blank. The sub-
scription is thus :

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£Dc rcmctuo amori£ <£jqpiicit $

A full page has 24 lines. This impression is bound in a volume (which
contains also Opuscula of other writers) with the following one :

327- Ovidius. Trium Puellarum Liber. TVith-
out Date, Place, or Naine of Printer. Quarto.

In describing the treasures of this extraordinary Collection, I must
not omit to notice the present very strange, yet spurious production.
Critics and bibliographers have been, I believe, alike ignorant of its
existence. The impression under consideration is unquestionably from
the same press, as are the two genuine pieces of the poet just before
noticed. On the recto of the first leaf we read as follows :

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Cnn pucHarum liLcr incipit;

?5am foctc bia quaba nuHo comitantc
<£oiu£ amor mccu qui £oiet ef£e fttit
IDUC15 tier^ facio: mebitorq$ pucHam
€ui jpofoum tocrgujsr mittcrc quo£ facio.

€ccc pcul bibco qoi treg npmjjfjaje? bcnictc^

€ qitifiu£ ut mcmini iongior bna fitit
^cc mcbiu ^ortita iocu currcfiat ct omnc£
€urrcfiant jiitcr. f$ tamcn iiia magi£

8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

On the recto of the 7th and last leaf, the termination is thus :

<©uib facia refcra quc ficimo gic pubor ofi^tat
3lgfaq$ uc rcfcram nogtra jpuciia Uctat