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Fenicej 1499.] ETYMOLOGICON MAGNUM. 65
556. Etymologicon Magnum. Greece. Printed
hy Calliergus. Venice. 1499. Folio.
it is justly said by De Bure, ‘ that the present is one of the most
magnificent publications which ever issued from the press.’ Whether
the appearance of it damped the ardour, or rendered useless the exer-
tions, of Aldus, we cannot perhaps accurately determine; but it is
certain that his promise of publishing the * Etijmologicon Magnum'—
held fortb in the preface to his Greek Dictionary, see p. 59, ante
■—was never carried into execution. The present work was indeed
printed in the office of Aldus, but not till twenty years after his
decease. Even if it had been executed under the care of Aldus him-
self, it would not have been more correctly, or perhaps so beautifully,
printed; since, with all his zeal for the cause of literature, and with
all the merit which is unquestionably attached to the early publica-
tions of his press, Aldus has never produced any thing, for solidity
and skill of workmanship, at all comparable with the Ammonius and
Simplicius, (see vol. i. p. 264, ante,) the Therapeutica of Galen, (vol. ii.
p. 36,) and the Etymologicon Magnumeach printed by Calliergus in
the XVth century. The frequent and successful introduction of the
red letter, gives a splendour as well as peculiarity to the efforts of the
printer whose work is now under consideratiom We proceed there-
fore to the volume before us.
The centre of the recto of the first leaf presents us with two pieces
of Greek poetry: one is from the careful pen of Marcus Musurus, in
20 verses : the other shall speak for itself:
Iwavvov ypYjyopo'VJvXov tov xpy]TYjg.
Av&sst ypap.puTiXYg 8pe\\>ai ijToQswv %svs, ravSs
Au£ev u<psi8^(rug fSvoXov STTOQfsXipov.
Tav', 'cracr’ ovxuXsycav Sa-nravv)? 7rpov$Y)xsv sTolpoy)V
N<JCOASWs 0 XpYlS, /3aUfOg S7TWWpAY]V .
On the reverse we read an address of Marcus Musurus, with this
prefix:
Mupxoj o p.ovcrovqos toTj hv ’uruTufilco <r%oAas-ixoTj sv -urpuTlsiv.
On the recto of the following leaf, signature A jS, the work com-
mences; having, at top, the usual large ornament in red, with
VOL. XII.
K
Fenicej 1499.] ETYMOLOGICON MAGNUM. 65
556. Etymologicon Magnum. Greece. Printed
hy Calliergus. Venice. 1499. Folio.
it is justly said by De Bure, ‘ that the present is one of the most
magnificent publications which ever issued from the press.’ Whether
the appearance of it damped the ardour, or rendered useless the exer-
tions, of Aldus, we cannot perhaps accurately determine; but it is
certain that his promise of publishing the * Etijmologicon Magnum'—
held fortb in the preface to his Greek Dictionary, see p. 59, ante
■—was never carried into execution. The present work was indeed
printed in the office of Aldus, but not till twenty years after his
decease. Even if it had been executed under the care of Aldus him-
self, it would not have been more correctly, or perhaps so beautifully,
printed; since, with all his zeal for the cause of literature, and with
all the merit which is unquestionably attached to the early publica-
tions of his press, Aldus has never produced any thing, for solidity
and skill of workmanship, at all comparable with the Ammonius and
Simplicius, (see vol. i. p. 264, ante,) the Therapeutica of Galen, (vol. ii.
p. 36,) and the Etymologicon Magnumeach printed by Calliergus in
the XVth century. The frequent and successful introduction of the
red letter, gives a splendour as well as peculiarity to the efforts of the
printer whose work is now under consideratiom We proceed there-
fore to the volume before us.
The centre of the recto of the first leaf presents us with two pieces
of Greek poetry: one is from the careful pen of Marcus Musurus, in
20 verses : the other shall speak for itself:
Iwavvov ypYjyopo'VJvXov tov xpy]TYjg.
Av&sst ypap.puTiXYg 8pe\\>ai ijToQswv %svs, ravSs
Au£ev u<psi8^(rug fSvoXov STTOQfsXipov.
Tav', 'cracr’ ovxuXsycav Sa-nravv)? 7rpov$Y)xsv sTolpoy)V
N<JCOASWs 0 XpYlS, /3aUfOg S7TWWpAY]V .
On the reverse we read an address of Marcus Musurus, with this
prefix:
Mupxoj o p.ovcrovqos toTj hv ’uruTufilco <r%oAas-ixoTj sv -urpuTlsiv.
On the recto of the following leaf, signature A jS, the work com-
mences; having, at top, the usual large ornament in red, with
VOL. XII.
K