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Augshourg ; 14 7 2.]
ISIDORE.
73
560. Isidorus. Etymologiarum Libri XX.
Printed by Gunther Zainer. Jlugshourg. 14/2.
Folio.
Notwithstanding Schelhorn imagined this to be the first edition of
the work under description, I have ventured to assign to it the place
which it here occupies; from a ])ersuasion that, on examining the
order of printing the heads of the chapters, Zainer availed himself
of an opportunity of improving upon the less complete order observ-
able in tlie preceding impression. See the note in the Amoenitat.
Literar. vol. vi. p. 495. In liis discourse incorporated in the Optimor.
Scriptor. Edi\I? of Cardinal Quirini, p. 30, Schelhorn again notices this
edition; and says that. he has compared ‘ the neat and elegant Roman
types of it with those of the Quintilian of 1471, by Jenson—(which
latter he never examined “ witliout delight and admiration”) — and
thought they might vie with them in beauty.’ This praise is a little
too vehement; notwithstanding, the types of this impression do great
credit to Gunther Zainer—who has the singular merit of liaving first
introduced, in tliis volume, the roman character into GeRxMany.
Meerman has slightly noticed this circumstance, in his Orig. Typog.
vol. ii. p. 286. n. 9 ; and Zapf dwells upon it with apparent satisfac-
faction. Annal. Tijpog. August. p. xix. Seemiller qualifies it by ob-
serving— 6 Paucissimi certe, si tamen ulli, ante hoc tempus reperientur
libri Romanis litteris fusis in Germania excusi.’ Incunab.Typog. fasc.i.
p. 39. Maittaire has overlooked the point altogether.
What adds to the value of the present copy is, that it is printed
upon vellum ; and miglit probably have once belonged to the Augs-
bourg booksellers, F F. Veith; as Zapf notices a similar copy of it, in
their possession, which, like the one under description, had the
genealogical tree coloured ; Id. p. xvi-xvii. Another similar copy is in
the public Library of Nuremberg, and is briessy mentioned by De Murr
in his Memorab. Bibl. Publ. Norimb. vol. i. p. 268. We proceed to the
impression itself. The first four leaves contain a table of the chapters
to the whole xx books ; somewhat more minutely detailed than those
in the preceding edition, but each book not containing more chapters,
in reality, than are to be found besore. The edition is most. probably
a faithful reprint of its precursor. The table is printed in double
columns, but the text is in long lines. On the recto of the 5th leaf
YOL, III.
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L
ISIDORE.
73
560. Isidorus. Etymologiarum Libri XX.
Printed by Gunther Zainer. Jlugshourg. 14/2.
Folio.
Notwithstanding Schelhorn imagined this to be the first edition of
the work under description, I have ventured to assign to it the place
which it here occupies; from a ])ersuasion that, on examining the
order of printing the heads of the chapters, Zainer availed himself
of an opportunity of improving upon the less complete order observ-
able in tlie preceding impression. See the note in the Amoenitat.
Literar. vol. vi. p. 495. In liis discourse incorporated in the Optimor.
Scriptor. Edi\I? of Cardinal Quirini, p. 30, Schelhorn again notices this
edition; and says that. he has compared ‘ the neat and elegant Roman
types of it with those of the Quintilian of 1471, by Jenson—(which
latter he never examined “ witliout delight and admiration”) — and
thought they might vie with them in beauty.’ This praise is a little
too vehement; notwithstanding, the types of this impression do great
credit to Gunther Zainer—who has the singular merit of liaving first
introduced, in tliis volume, the roman character into GeRxMany.
Meerman has slightly noticed this circumstance, in his Orig. Typog.
vol. ii. p. 286. n. 9 ; and Zapf dwells upon it with apparent satisfac-
faction. Annal. Tijpog. August. p. xix. Seemiller qualifies it by ob-
serving— 6 Paucissimi certe, si tamen ulli, ante hoc tempus reperientur
libri Romanis litteris fusis in Germania excusi.’ Incunab.Typog. fasc.i.
p. 39. Maittaire has overlooked the point altogether.
What adds to the value of the present copy is, that it is printed
upon vellum ; and miglit probably have once belonged to the Augs-
bourg booksellers, F F. Veith; as Zapf notices a similar copy of it, in
their possession, which, like the one under description, had the
genealogical tree coloured ; Id. p. xvi-xvii. Another similar copy is in
the public Library of Nuremberg, and is briessy mentioned by De Murr
in his Memorab. Bibl. Publ. Norimb. vol. i. p. 268. We proceed to the
impression itself. The first four leaves contain a table of the chapters
to the whole xx books ; somewhat more minutely detailed than those
in the preceding edition, but each book not containing more chapters,
in reality, than are to be found besore. The edition is most. probably
a faithful reprint of its precursor. The table is printed in double
columns, but the text is in long lines. On the recto of the 5th leaf
YOL, III.
*
L