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TERENCE.
415
Venice; 1472.]
The latter words, in the first three lines, being inserted in this copy in
MS., I cannot vouch for their literal accuracy; but they are most pro-
bably correct. The recto of the second leaf presents us with a few
Greek passages inserted; although, as Audiffredi has observed, there
are many lacunce. to be supplied by the Greek characters—a circum-
stance a little singular, as Svveynheym and Pannartz had used them as
early as the year 1469. It is to be observed that the plays of the
comedian do not accompany these commentaries. A full page has 38
lines. On the reverse of fol. 188 and last, beneath the following last
line,
uides igitur hic consultam uxoris iracundiam.
we read the usual (six) colophonic verses ; having the date below, thus:
M. CCCC. LXXII.
die . x. Decembris.
See the Eclit. Rom. p, 101. The present is a large copy, but not free
from soil. It is bound in red morocco.
472. Donatus in Terentium. Printed hy Vin-
delin de Spira. Venice. Without JDate. Folio.
Bibliographers make mention of an edition of the Commentaries of
Donatus, by V. de Spira, of the date of 1470; but such edition is
entirely fictitious. Consult the Cat. de Gaignat. vol. i. n°. 1578, and Bibl.
Pinell. vol. iii. n°. 6311. De Bure, Bibliogr. Instruct. vol. iii. n°. 2608, and
Boni and Gamba, with better reason, assign the date of 1472 to this
impression of the Commentaries. Bibliot. Portat. vol. ii. p. 17. The
insertion of Greek characters is a sufficient demonstration that the
edition could not have been executed before the year assigned to it by
these latter bibliographers. Like the preceding and ensuing impres-
sions, the text. of the poet is not incorporated in the annotations. In
regard to typographical elegance, it is, as AudifFredi remarks, and as
might necessarily be expected, much superior to the previous edition
by Sweynheym and Pannartz. We may be brief but particular in the
account of it. On the recto of the first leaf, without prefix, we read as
follows :
VBLIVS TERENTIVS Afer Carthagine
natus: seruiuit Romp Terentio Lucano senatori:
415
Venice; 1472.]
The latter words, in the first three lines, being inserted in this copy in
MS., I cannot vouch for their literal accuracy; but they are most pro-
bably correct. The recto of the second leaf presents us with a few
Greek passages inserted; although, as Audiffredi has observed, there
are many lacunce. to be supplied by the Greek characters—a circum-
stance a little singular, as Svveynheym and Pannartz had used them as
early as the year 1469. It is to be observed that the plays of the
comedian do not accompany these commentaries. A full page has 38
lines. On the reverse of fol. 188 and last, beneath the following last
line,
uides igitur hic consultam uxoris iracundiam.
we read the usual (six) colophonic verses ; having the date below, thus:
M. CCCC. LXXII.
die . x. Decembris.
See the Eclit. Rom. p, 101. The present is a large copy, but not free
from soil. It is bound in red morocco.
472. Donatus in Terentium. Printed hy Vin-
delin de Spira. Venice. Without JDate. Folio.
Bibliographers make mention of an edition of the Commentaries of
Donatus, by V. de Spira, of the date of 1470; but such edition is
entirely fictitious. Consult the Cat. de Gaignat. vol. i. n°. 1578, and Bibl.
Pinell. vol. iii. n°. 6311. De Bure, Bibliogr. Instruct. vol. iii. n°. 2608, and
Boni and Gamba, with better reason, assign the date of 1472 to this
impression of the Commentaries. Bibliot. Portat. vol. ii. p. 17. The
insertion of Greek characters is a sufficient demonstration that the
edition could not have been executed before the year assigned to it by
these latter bibliographers. Like the preceding and ensuing impres-
sions, the text. of the poet is not incorporated in the annotations. In
regard to typographical elegance, it is, as AudifFredi remarks, and as
might necessarily be expected, much superior to the previous edition
by Sweynheym and Pannartz. We may be brief but particular in the
account of it. On the recto of the first leaf, without prefix, we read as
follows :
VBLIVS TERENTIVS Afer Carthagine
natus: seruiuit Romp Terentio Lucano senatori: