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. sNaples; 1475.

575. Perottus. Rudimenta Grammatices.
(Ling. Lat.) Printed hy Alhertus de Stendalia.
Naples, 1475. Folio.

It is justly observed by Laire, that De Bure (Bibliogr. Instruct. vol. iii.
n°. 2261) was ignorant of this edition, although he has noticed the
Roman impression of the same date. The printer of it (as Mittarelli
intimates) appears to have been considered ‘ worthy of conducting the
press for the books published by the University of Padua.’ Panzer
has made the same inference, from the same autliority. There were
at least three editions of Perottus before the one under description:—
but those of the dates of 1473 and 1474, by Sweynheym and Pannartz,
are of the utmost rarity; and are, at present, unluckily wanting in
this collection. On the recto of the first leaf of this Neapolitan im-
pression, we read the following prefix :

NICOLAI. PEROTTI. AD. PIRRVM. PEROTTVM
NEPOTEM. EX. FRATRES. SVAVISSIMVM: RVDI
MENTA. GRAMNATICES*

INCIPIVNT.

A litteras. A. b. c.d.e.f. g.h.i. k.l.m.n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. x.y

Z. fc. 8!.

A full page has 37 lines. On the reverse of folio 110 (pencil-nume-
rals) we read the colophon, thus:

D Rsesens haec regularum grammaticaliu impssio in
studio Patauino facta p me magistrum Albertum de
stedalia diligeter laborata Anno domini. M.CCCC.LXXV.
Die uero xvii mensis Iunii.

The register occupies the recto of the following and last leaf. The
reader may see a brief notice of this book in Mittarelli, col. 334, and
in the Index Libror. vol. i. p. 3/1-2. It has neither signatures, nume-
rals, nor catchwords. The present is a very indifferent copy ; in calf
binding.

* Sic.