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ANCIENT CLASSICS. [_0p. Mor. 1475.
419. Seneca. Opera Moralia. Epistol^.
Printed hy Moravus. Naples. 1475. Folio.
Editio Pkinceps. The Moral Works and the Epistles of Seneea
were published by different printers, in separate publications, during
the same year; namely, in J475. Count Reviczky thought that, as
the edition of rhe Epistles by Pannartz was published in February 1475,
it should claim chronoloa'ical precedence ; but for the reasons assigned
at p. 200 ante, the very opposite inference must be drawn. The
Parisian impression of the Epistles, of 1475, does not specify the month
in the colophon; and therefore it may not be any violation of chrono-
logical order to give precedency to the present production. The
rarity and worth of this first impression of the entire Moral Works
and Epistles of Seneca, are acknowledged to be considerable. De
Bure, vol. ii. p. 170, has taken rather unusual pains in his description
of the order of the several pieces contained iri it, but he is not literally
exact in his extracts. The ensuing will be found equally copious and
somewhat more particular. ln regard to the omission of the centenary
numbers, in the date of this and of some other copies, it has been
before shewn,* that tliis is not a singular instance of such omission.
We proceed to a minute and accurate description of this magnificent
and scarce impression.
On the recto of the first leaf, the treatise ‘ de moribus’ commences,
with the prefix in one line and a half, lower-case letter; this treatise
occupies 2 pages and a half. Then the treatise * de formula honeste
uitce,’ 2 leaves. Next, ‘ de remediis fortuitorum,' 2 leaves, or rather 3
pages. The ‘ liber aeclamationum’ follows; a full page of which has
46‘ lines. The Declamations terminate at the bottom of the recto of the
24th leaf from that upon which they begin — and this bring us to the
29th folio from the commencement of the volume. On the reverse of
this 29th leaf, begins the treatise de clementia: which occupies the 7
following leaves. The treatise * de benefiliis,' has this prefix :
Lucii Annei Senecae ad Ebrutium liberalem. Incipit
liber primus de benefitiis.
This treatise has 40 leaves: on the reverse of the 40th, we read the
subscription:
* See p. 170 aute.
ANCIENT CLASSICS. [_0p. Mor. 1475.
419. Seneca. Opera Moralia. Epistol^.
Printed hy Moravus. Naples. 1475. Folio.
Editio Pkinceps. The Moral Works and the Epistles of Seneea
were published by different printers, in separate publications, during
the same year; namely, in J475. Count Reviczky thought that, as
the edition of rhe Epistles by Pannartz was published in February 1475,
it should claim chronoloa'ical precedence ; but for the reasons assigned
at p. 200 ante, the very opposite inference must be drawn. The
Parisian impression of the Epistles, of 1475, does not specify the month
in the colophon; and therefore it may not be any violation of chrono-
logical order to give precedency to the present production. The
rarity and worth of this first impression of the entire Moral Works
and Epistles of Seneca, are acknowledged to be considerable. De
Bure, vol. ii. p. 170, has taken rather unusual pains in his description
of the order of the several pieces contained iri it, but he is not literally
exact in his extracts. The ensuing will be found equally copious and
somewhat more particular. ln regard to the omission of the centenary
numbers, in the date of this and of some other copies, it has been
before shewn,* that tliis is not a singular instance of such omission.
We proceed to a minute and accurate description of this magnificent
and scarce impression.
On the recto of the first leaf, the treatise ‘ de moribus’ commences,
with the prefix in one line and a half, lower-case letter; this treatise
occupies 2 pages and a half. Then the treatise * de formula honeste
uitce,’ 2 leaves. Next, ‘ de remediis fortuitorum,' 2 leaves, or rather 3
pages. The ‘ liber aeclamationum’ follows; a full page of which has
46‘ lines. The Declamations terminate at the bottom of the recto of the
24th leaf from that upon which they begin — and this bring us to the
29th folio from the commencement of the volume. On the reverse of
this 29th leaf, begins the treatise de clementia: which occupies the 7
following leaves. The treatise * de benefiliis,' has this prefix :
Lucii Annei Senecae ad Ebrutium liberalem. Incipit
liber primus de benefitiis.
This treatise has 40 leaves: on the reverse of the 40th, we read the
subscription:
* See p. 170 aute.