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ANCIENT CLASSICS. \Venice; 1513.
352. Pindarus. Opera. Callimachus. Dio-
nysius. Lycophron. Greece. Pmnted hy
Aldus. Venice. ]513. Octavo.
Editio Princeps, as well of the Works of Pindar, as of Dionysius,
e De Situ Orbis' and of t.he e Alexandra' of Lycoph ron : the e Hymns of
Callimachus having’ already appeared in the XVth century: see vol. i.
p. 293. In the Pytliia and Nemea, Aldus appears to have consulted a
much better MS. than in the Olympia: in the Isthmia he has consulted
an ancient but corrupt MS. The preface of this edition is extremely
interesting. After gi.ving a sketch of the war that had ravaged Italy,
and suspended his typographical labours, Aldus takes a view of what
he had already done in the cause of literature, and meditates on his
probable future efforts. Erom a part of this preface, we learn that
Aldus had already exercised the art of printing twenty years—( e ad
labores redii, eos, quos qua durissimos, jam uiginti annos expertus’
&c.)—which proves that he began about the year 1493. Those who
have not this edition, may see the preface extracted in Maittaire,
vol. ii. p. 248-9.’ Introd. to tlie Classics, vol. ii. p. 124.
On the recto of the first leaf, we read the titles of the works of the
respective autliors contained in the edition: these titles are in Greek
and Latin. Beneath, is the device ; being n°. I. in Renouard’s fac-
similes. On the reverse commenees the preface, to Andreas Nava-
gerus, above noticed ; wliich compreherids 3 pages. On the following
leaf, sign. * iii, begins a table of Contents of the Odes of Pindar—
followed, on * iiii, by a brief biography of the poet. The 4 ensuing
leaves contain similar tables and biographies of Dionysius and Lyco-
phron. These preliminary pieces, including the title page, comprehend
8 leaves. On the recto of the following leaf, the Olympics begin thus :
niNAAPOT OATMniONIKAI.
IEPI2NI ^TPAKOT^mi
KEAHTI. «.
argoipri.
Pifov fxh vdwg. 6 Ss
^pvaog al5dp,EV0v 7rvg
« «T£ §J«7T££7rSi VV -
kt) fxeyuvogos d^oycn. tiKovtov.
&c. &c. &c.
ANCIENT CLASSICS. \Venice; 1513.
352. Pindarus. Opera. Callimachus. Dio-
nysius. Lycophron. Greece. Pmnted hy
Aldus. Venice. ]513. Octavo.
Editio Princeps, as well of the Works of Pindar, as of Dionysius,
e De Situ Orbis' and of t.he e Alexandra' of Lycoph ron : the e Hymns of
Callimachus having’ already appeared in the XVth century: see vol. i.
p. 293. In the Pytliia and Nemea, Aldus appears to have consulted a
much better MS. than in the Olympia: in the Isthmia he has consulted
an ancient but corrupt MS. The preface of this edition is extremely
interesting. After gi.ving a sketch of the war that had ravaged Italy,
and suspended his typographical labours, Aldus takes a view of what
he had already done in the cause of literature, and meditates on his
probable future efforts. Erom a part of this preface, we learn that
Aldus had already exercised the art of printing twenty years—( e ad
labores redii, eos, quos qua durissimos, jam uiginti annos expertus’
&c.)—which proves that he began about the year 1493. Those who
have not this edition, may see the preface extracted in Maittaire,
vol. ii. p. 248-9.’ Introd. to tlie Classics, vol. ii. p. 124.
On the recto of the first leaf, we read the titles of the works of the
respective autliors contained in the edition: these titles are in Greek
and Latin. Beneath, is the device ; being n°. I. in Renouard’s fac-
similes. On the reverse commenees the preface, to Andreas Nava-
gerus, above noticed ; wliich compreherids 3 pages. On the following
leaf, sign. * iii, begins a table of Contents of the Odes of Pindar—
followed, on * iiii, by a brief biography of the poet. The 4 ensuing
leaves contain similar tables and biographies of Dionysius and Lyco-
phron. These preliminary pieces, including the title page, comprehend
8 leaves. On the recto of the following leaf, the Olympics begin thus :
niNAAPOT OATMniONIKAI.
IEPI2NI ^TPAKOT^mi
KEAHTI. «.
argoipri.
Pifov fxh vdwg. 6 Ss
^pvaog al5dp,EV0v 7rvg
« «T£ §J«7T££7rSi VV -
kt) fxeyuvogos d^oycn. tiKovtov.
&c. &c. &c.