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GRAMMARS AND LEXICONS. \Veri%ce; 1484.
541. Chrysoloras. Erotemata. Gr. et Lat.
Printed by Peregrinus of Bologna. Venice.
1484. Quarto.
The Editio Piiinceps of this work is supposed to be a Greek im-
pression, without date, published either at Milan in 1480, or at Flo-
rence in 1488. See the Bibl. Crevenn. vol. iii. n°. 2979. Panzer,
vol. ii. p. 100, refers only to this authority, and to Gras. p. 216. This
dateless impression appears to be divested of a version ; but it is ex-
tremely questionable whether it was published at Milan so early as
the Crevenna Catalogue intimates. I should apprehend, from the
supposed similarity of the types to those in Craston’s Lexicon, that
they may bear a resemblance to the Greek types in the Florence Homer
of 1488 : see vol. ii. p. 60, of this work. But I cannot help con-
ceiving that there may be an error in this supposed similarity; and
that the types are not unlike those of the impression under description,
of which the reader is below presented with a fac-simile. If so,
it is extremely doubtful whether the Venetian edition of 1484 may not
be tlie sirst impression of the Erotemata of Chrysoloras. We pro-
ceed with a minute and full description of this rare and precious
volume.
The recto of the first leaf is blank. On the reverse we observe, at
top, the Greek alphabet in two lines, followed by the Lord’s Prayer,
and an Ave Maria; each in Greek and Latin. On the recto of the
next leaf, a z, (for a ii) the work commences according to the ensuing
fac-simile:
gjc &Q<ra2Liaipo0VTcLt''l‘c(
eiKooil'sodapQC ypdoLxia/
Kcti §ic o^Ucpcdyoc «. (J) coynsv
Whoever compares this with the Greek type of Jenson, may observe an
exact conformity in many of the letters common to either; but the pre-
ceding has a worn appearance, and is printed with greatly inferior skill
to that which is observable in Jenson’s Greek typography. The work
is printed throughout in Greek and Latin columns ; having the signa-
GRAMMARS AND LEXICONS. \Veri%ce; 1484.
541. Chrysoloras. Erotemata. Gr. et Lat.
Printed by Peregrinus of Bologna. Venice.
1484. Quarto.
The Editio Piiinceps of this work is supposed to be a Greek im-
pression, without date, published either at Milan in 1480, or at Flo-
rence in 1488. See the Bibl. Crevenn. vol. iii. n°. 2979. Panzer,
vol. ii. p. 100, refers only to this authority, and to Gras. p. 216. This
dateless impression appears to be divested of a version ; but it is ex-
tremely questionable whether it was published at Milan so early as
the Crevenna Catalogue intimates. I should apprehend, from the
supposed similarity of the types to those in Craston’s Lexicon, that
they may bear a resemblance to the Greek types in the Florence Homer
of 1488 : see vol. ii. p. 60, of this work. But I cannot help con-
ceiving that there may be an error in this supposed similarity; and
that the types are not unlike those of the impression under description,
of which the reader is below presented with a fac-simile. If so,
it is extremely doubtful whether the Venetian edition of 1484 may not
be tlie sirst impression of the Erotemata of Chrysoloras. We pro-
ceed with a minute and full description of this rare and precious
volume.
The recto of the first leaf is blank. On the reverse we observe, at
top, the Greek alphabet in two lines, followed by the Lord’s Prayer,
and an Ave Maria; each in Greek and Latin. On the recto of the
next leaf, a z, (for a ii) the work commences according to the ensuing
fac-simile:
gjc &Q<ra2Liaipo0VTcLt''l‘c(
eiKooil'sodapQC ypdoLxia/
Kcti §ic o^Ucpcdyoc «. (J) coynsv
Whoever compares this with the Greek type of Jenson, may observe an
exact conformity in many of the letters common to either; but the pre-
ceding has a worn appearance, and is printed with greatly inferior skill
to that which is observable in Jenson’s Greek typography. The work
is printed throughout in Greek and Latin columns ; having the signa-