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Rome; 1481.] BARBERIIS sP. DE]
173
626. Barberiis (Phieippus De.) Opuscuea.
Printed hy I. P. de Lignamine. Pome. 1481.
Quarto.
This is an interesting little volume, on many accounts. It presents
us, in the first place, with a rare specimen of that type of De Lignamine
which was used on his rejecting the fount of which a fac-simile is given
at page 307 of the preceding volume. This type is called by Audiffredi
‘valde elegans;’ although it is inferior to the Venetian character, but
less clumsy than that of Ulric Han. It is rather similar to what was used
by the early Parma and Modena printers* In the second place, we
have here a preface,by De Lignamine, of rather an interesting character;
in which he tells us that the work itself is the production of a ‘ fellow
countryman and kinsman.’ His account of the contents of the work
will be found below.f In the third place, this volume contains some
curious embellishments cut in wood; which, considering the place
where the work was published, do not afFord very striking proofs of the
taste of the publisher. Laire * must have dreamt,’ (as Audiffsedi
justly observes) when he attributed these cuts to the graver, or skill, of
Ulric Han.
The preface of De Lignamine oommences on the reverse of the first
leaf, and concludes on the reverse of the second. The work begins on
the recto of the third, by that portion of it which is devoted to ‘ The Dis-
cord hetween St. Jerom ancl St. Austin' The account of the Sibyls begins
on the reverse of the 9th leaf; and a wood-cut of the ‘ Persian Sibyl *
is seen on the recto of the 12th. Wood-cuts of the Prophets and Sibyls
* De Lignamine seeras to speak with coraplacency and satisfaction of this and of his
other typographical productions: ‘ Sumpsiq; laborem huiuscemodi; & industriam no
illaudabilem apud me: neque apud posteros inutilem: ut mea opera atque ingenio libri
elegantes imprimerentur.’ Pr.ef.
t * Deci'eui caracteribus perpetuis imprimere caeleberrima opuscula; quae clarissimus
artiu et theologie iterpres magr Philippus ex ordle predicatorum coterraeus et affinis meus
edidit. In quibus ante omnia tractatus est de discordatiainter Eusebiumllieronimu: et Aureliu
Augustinum approbatus Sibyllarum et prophetarum dictis omniumque gentilium; et philo-
sophoru: et veterum poetarum: qui de Christo uaticinati sunt: atque aliqua prmdixerunt.
Deinde cometarii super Symbolum Athanasii: orationem dominicam: et salutationem
angelica: mox explanatio super Te deum laudamus: et Gloria in excelsis deo. Demum
Donatus theologus: quo theologice questiones gramatica arte soluuutur.’
173
626. Barberiis (Phieippus De.) Opuscuea.
Printed hy I. P. de Lignamine. Pome. 1481.
Quarto.
This is an interesting little volume, on many accounts. It presents
us, in the first place, with a rare specimen of that type of De Lignamine
which was used on his rejecting the fount of which a fac-simile is given
at page 307 of the preceding volume. This type is called by Audiffredi
‘valde elegans;’ although it is inferior to the Venetian character, but
less clumsy than that of Ulric Han. It is rather similar to what was used
by the early Parma and Modena printers* In the second place, we
have here a preface,by De Lignamine, of rather an interesting character;
in which he tells us that the work itself is the production of a ‘ fellow
countryman and kinsman.’ His account of the contents of the work
will be found below.f In the third place, this volume contains some
curious embellishments cut in wood; which, considering the place
where the work was published, do not afFord very striking proofs of the
taste of the publisher. Laire * must have dreamt,’ (as Audiffsedi
justly observes) when he attributed these cuts to the graver, or skill, of
Ulric Han.
The preface of De Lignamine oommences on the reverse of the first
leaf, and concludes on the reverse of the second. The work begins on
the recto of the third, by that portion of it which is devoted to ‘ The Dis-
cord hetween St. Jerom ancl St. Austin' The account of the Sibyls begins
on the reverse of the 9th leaf; and a wood-cut of the ‘ Persian Sibyl *
is seen on the recto of the 12th. Wood-cuts of the Prophets and Sibyls
* De Lignamine seeras to speak with coraplacency and satisfaction of this and of his
other typographical productions: ‘ Sumpsiq; laborem huiuscemodi; & industriam no
illaudabilem apud me: neque apud posteros inutilem: ut mea opera atque ingenio libri
elegantes imprimerentur.’ Pr.ef.
t * Deci'eui caracteribus perpetuis imprimere caeleberrima opuscula; quae clarissimus
artiu et theologie iterpres magr Philippus ex ordle predicatorum coterraeus et affinis meus
edidit. In quibus ante omnia tractatus est de discordatiainter Eusebiumllieronimu: et Aureliu
Augustinum approbatus Sibyllarum et prophetarum dictis omniumque gentilium; et philo-
sophoru: et veterum poetarum: qui de Christo uaticinati sunt: atque aliqua prmdixerunt.
Deinde cometarii super Symbolum Athanasii: orationem dominicam: et salutationem
angelica: mox explanatio super Te deum laudamus: et Gloria in excelsis deo. Demum
Donatus theologus: quo theologice questiones gramatica arte soluuutur.’