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]

84

GRAMMARS AND LEXICONS. sVenice; 1495.

On the reverse of this leaf is the preface of Aldus, which occupies a
portion of the second leaf, a ii, and which is printed entire by Renouard.
On the reverse of folio ii, commences the Greek text of Lascaris.
The version is uniformly on the opposite page, or on the recto of each
leaf. I subjoin a specimen of each, from the beginning of the Grammar;
which is beneath a very tasteful arabesque ornament, having the first
capital initial executed in a manner equally skilful. The commence-
ment is thus :

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r vyis SctiiulpsTOV. sitri Ss <ygasAsj.ci-

TCt sh10TI TSTTUqa . U y

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On the opposite side :

Ittera est pars minima uo
cis indiuidua. Sunt autem litte
T8S uigintiqtuor. alpha. uita. gamma. del
ta. epsilo. zita. ita . thita . iota. cappa. labda
mi. gni. xi. omicron .pi.ro. sigma. taf.
vpsilon . phi. chi. psi. omega. 8cc.

The Grammar of Lascaris extends to signature s, in eights ; but s has
only 4 leaves : on the recto of tlie 4th of which, we read as follows :

FINIS CVM DEO
SANCTO.

DE SPI
RI tib9

On the reverse is the colophon, as given by Renouard; which informs
us that the work was executed—

literis ac impensis Aldi Manucii Romani Anno ab in
Carnatione Domini nostri IESV Christi. m.cccc. lxxxxiiii
Vltimo Februarii. 8c DEO gratias.