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MAIUS.
89
Naples; 1475.]
manu sculpta in culmle collocem : ut operis decori quasdam
etia ex ipso prasside maiestas accedat, 8cc.
On the recto of the third leaf (the preceding epistle occupying two
leaves,) the work begins with a prefix in six lines of capital letters;
having 32 lines below. A full page comprehends 39 lines. The Greek
words and passages are omitted; so that we may conclude that Jenson
hacl not yet obtained a fount of Greek characters. On the reverse of
fol. 190, is the ensuing subscription:
LAVRENTII VALLENSIS DE LINGVAE LATINAE
ELEGANTIA: ET DE EGO MEI TVI ET SVI AD
IOANNEM TORTELLIVM ARETINVM PER ME
M. NICOLAVM IENSON VENETITS OPVS FELL
CITER IMPRESSVM EST.
. M.CCCCC. LXXI .
Two blank leaves ensue; and 8 leaves of a double-columned table
close the volume. In the whole, 200 leaves. This is rather a desirable
copy; in red stained morocco.
568. Junianus Maius. De Proprietate Pris-
corum Verborum. Printed hy Moravus and
Plasius. Naples. 1475. Folio.
It is impossible to contemplate the present, and many similar publi-
cations, relating to Grammar and Lexicography, which were put
forth in the XVth century, without being struck with the spirit and
magnificent taste of the promoters of literature during the same period.
Such volumes as the one before us, and as is the greater number of
those which comprise the department of the Library now under de-
scription, prove, incontestably, that on the revival of learning upon the
continent, neither pains nor expense were spared to render future
generations at least as wise as their ancestors. At this period, too,
printers seemed to vie with editors : and whoever examines carefully
the beautiful book which is the present subject of our consideration,
will admit that the praises bestowed by the author upon the artists, by
whom it was executed, are by no means unmerited. This volume is,
in every respect, an excellent companion to the Seneca, printed in the
VOL, III.
N
89
Naples; 1475.]
manu sculpta in culmle collocem : ut operis decori quasdam
etia ex ipso prasside maiestas accedat, 8cc.
On the recto of the third leaf (the preceding epistle occupying two
leaves,) the work begins with a prefix in six lines of capital letters;
having 32 lines below. A full page comprehends 39 lines. The Greek
words and passages are omitted; so that we may conclude that Jenson
hacl not yet obtained a fount of Greek characters. On the reverse of
fol. 190, is the ensuing subscription:
LAVRENTII VALLENSIS DE LINGVAE LATINAE
ELEGANTIA: ET DE EGO MEI TVI ET SVI AD
IOANNEM TORTELLIVM ARETINVM PER ME
M. NICOLAVM IENSON VENETITS OPVS FELL
CITER IMPRESSVM EST.
. M.CCCCC. LXXI .
Two blank leaves ensue; and 8 leaves of a double-columned table
close the volume. In the whole, 200 leaves. This is rather a desirable
copy; in red stained morocco.
568. Junianus Maius. De Proprietate Pris-
corum Verborum. Printed hy Moravus and
Plasius. Naples. 1475. Folio.
It is impossible to contemplate the present, and many similar publi-
cations, relating to Grammar and Lexicography, which were put
forth in the XVth century, without being struck with the spirit and
magnificent taste of the promoters of literature during the same period.
Such volumes as the one before us, and as is the greater number of
those which comprise the department of the Library now under de-
scription, prove, incontestably, that on the revival of learning upon the
continent, neither pains nor expense were spared to render future
generations at least as wise as their ancestors. At this period, too,
printers seemed to vie with editors : and whoever examines carefully
the beautiful book which is the present subject of our consideration,
will admit that the praises bestowed by the author upon the artists, by
whom it was executed, are by no means unmerited. This volume is,
in every respect, an excellent companion to the Seneca, printed in the
VOL, III.
N