Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Bearb.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 3) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-3]

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GRAMMARS AND LEXICONS. sWitliout Date.

542. Chrysoloras. Erotemata. Gr. et Lat.
Without JVame of Printer, Place, or JDate.
Quarto.

This is the impression which is noticed by Morelli and Denis, as they
each give the subjoined colophon. It is therefore different from the
one described by Laire, * as the probable production of the press of
Calliergus, in Greek only, and printed towards the close of the XVth
century.’ Index Libror. vol. ii. p. 135, n°. 18. The Greek character
with which the present edition is executed, may be called a cursive one,
in comparison with others of the fifteenth century. On the recto of
the first leaf, at top, we read according to the ensuing fac-simile;

3 / ^ * S* V

IS7CQO&' &ldifOiwj'cU J'tL 4%Qot

S / 5

4sdXo4S

The impression is entirely destitute of signatures, catchwords, and
numerals; but it has 19 lines in a page, and contains 42 leaves. On
the reverse of the last leaf but one, are the Ave Maria and Pater Noster.
On the reeto of the last, is the alphabet, as before; beneath which we
read this subscription:

dei sirj 2£prjsxaTCtiV, xa) aveu
TOVTcav . ou§£V sg-( yevEcrSca
tcov beovTcov .

teXoc, .

The reverse is blank. The copy under description is so large, that the
bottom and side margins are wholly uncut. It is elegantly bound in
red morocco.