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ANCIENT CLASSICS.
[Vit. Cces.
Eishop of Aleria. On the recto of the first leaf, at top, commence the
verses of Ausonius, as before. The reverse of this leaf presents us with
the table. On the recto of the second leaf, at top, commences the
text of the historian, which continues, precisely similar to that of the
foregoing impression, to the recto of the 106th and last leaf ; where we
have six verses of colophon. Eeneath is the imprint, thus :
M . CCCC. LXXII.
die XVII Septembris
The present is a sound copy, in green morocco binding.
455. Suetonius. Vitje XII. Caesarum. Tf^ithout
Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto.
This is the impression which Laire properly designates as being
printed cpage for page, and line for line, after that of Jenson.’ It was
probably published (as he supposes) not long after the appearance of
the Venetian impression of 1471. Laire calls the type ‘ neat and
round.’ It has the aspect of an early Ferrara volume. There are
neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The same impression
seems to have been noticed by Maittaire, vol. i. p. 762 ; and by Rossi,
p. 71, as Panzer intimates. Annal. Typog.vol. iv. p. 197* Index Libror.
vol. i. p. 189, 190. The verses of Ausonius, in commendation of the
author, have this prefix:
AVSONII VERSVS.
Instead of the colophonic verses of Jenson, as given in the last page,
w re have some tetrasticha in praise of the twelve Cesars, with tlie
following prefix :
Tetrastica de caesaribus post Tranquillu
having, at the termination, on the recto of the ensuing leaf from
which they commence, the word FINIS. Twobrief biographies follow,
on the reverse of t.his leaf. Then another leaf, of which the recto
is blank, and the reverse contains the register. This latter (and not
unimportant) eircumstance has escaped Laire. The present is a fair
copy; in calf-binding.
ANCIENT CLASSICS.
[Vit. Cces.
Eishop of Aleria. On the recto of the first leaf, at top, commence the
verses of Ausonius, as before. The reverse of this leaf presents us with
the table. On the recto of the second leaf, at top, commences the
text of the historian, which continues, precisely similar to that of the
foregoing impression, to the recto of the 106th and last leaf ; where we
have six verses of colophon. Eeneath is the imprint, thus :
M . CCCC. LXXII.
die XVII Septembris
The present is a sound copy, in green morocco binding.
455. Suetonius. Vitje XII. Caesarum. Tf^ithout
Name of Printer, Place, or Date. Quarto.
This is the impression which Laire properly designates as being
printed cpage for page, and line for line, after that of Jenson.’ It was
probably published (as he supposes) not long after the appearance of
the Venetian impression of 1471. Laire calls the type ‘ neat and
round.’ It has the aspect of an early Ferrara volume. There are
neither numerals, signatures, nor catchwords. The same impression
seems to have been noticed by Maittaire, vol. i. p. 762 ; and by Rossi,
p. 71, as Panzer intimates. Annal. Typog.vol. iv. p. 197* Index Libror.
vol. i. p. 189, 190. The verses of Ausonius, in commendation of the
author, have this prefix:
AVSONII VERSVS.
Instead of the colophonic verses of Jenson, as given in the last page,
w re have some tetrasticha in praise of the twelve Cesars, with tlie
following prefix :
Tetrastica de caesaribus post Tranquillu
having, at the termination, on the recto of the ensuing leaf from
which they commence, the word FINIS. Twobrief biographies follow,
on the reverse of t.his leaf. Then another leaf, of which the recto
is blank, and the reverse contains the register. This latter (and not
unimportant) eircumstance has escaped Laire. The present is a fair
copy; in calf-binding.