332
MISCELLANEOUS.
\JVithout Date.
the Chevalier D’Elci, Earl Spencer, and the British Museura. A sixth,
seventh, and eighth copy, are in the collections of the Duke of Devon-
shire, Dr. C. Burney, Mr. Wodhull, and Mr. Heber. See also Mr. Beloe’s
Anecclotes of Lit. anci Scarce Books; vol. iii. p. 216*. That the volume
under description is of incontestable rarity, and that it was executed in
the pi e=s of Aldus, are points now decidedly admitted. Renouard says,
‘ it is rarer than the first Aldine Musaeus, and is certainly among the
earliest esforts of the press of the printer; if not executed before the
Musseus.’ Ibid.
The prefix insorms us by whom the work is edited :
A.'piS-oGovXocr u7TOsoXiO(T hgodiaxovop
T010- eVT£U0O/X£VO»5 ^ulpSlV.
This address occupies both sides of sign. u i. On the recto of the
ensuing leaf, « 11, is this prefix :
T'nO OESl^ TH2 TAAEHMTOMAXTA^.
At the bottom of the same page, we read,
Ta tou 'bpufj.oiTOT 'npo'Toma..
Kge»Xk°. Tvpox.\6Tro$ . Krjpug . Xopoj QeguTrcuvlBwv.
O'fsuvETis xgsiWou . A'ylsXo;. IIpoAo/»?e< Se 6 Kge’/AA 0.
On the recto of the 10th and last leaf, sign. a 10, the concluding
sentence is thus:
Xop. Zuioig aXuuTwg suSuAooj suxupllw$ ,
EV XvxafiavTUc pcrl'urw zjEurXrlpcjOjj.ivous .
A'vT chvirsg rjXdss uyysXocr iroSoufJ.svcov.
Ka< tov tpovov 7rpouprjVU(T rjp.lv tou pQopou.
H v8ij yup sldov 7rav 7roQoup.svov tsXog,
K’'iXr,pbcr upTi xu) xuXrjjg r]vu;p.svov.
TE'AO^.
This description, of so extraordinary a rarity in Greek printing, will be
found inore copious than any which has preceded it. As Renouard
properly observes, the impression is entirely destitute of typographical
ornament, whether of capital initials, or otherwise. The present is a
fair sound copy ; in old red morocco binding. It belonged formerly to
Mr. George Mason; who considered it to be unique.
MISCELLANEOUS.
\JVithout Date.
the Chevalier D’Elci, Earl Spencer, and the British Museura. A sixth,
seventh, and eighth copy, are in the collections of the Duke of Devon-
shire, Dr. C. Burney, Mr. Wodhull, and Mr. Heber. See also Mr. Beloe’s
Anecclotes of Lit. anci Scarce Books; vol. iii. p. 216*. That the volume
under description is of incontestable rarity, and that it was executed in
the pi e=s of Aldus, are points now decidedly admitted. Renouard says,
‘ it is rarer than the first Aldine Musaeus, and is certainly among the
earliest esforts of the press of the printer; if not executed before the
Musseus.’ Ibid.
The prefix insorms us by whom the work is edited :
A.'piS-oGovXocr u7TOsoXiO(T hgodiaxovop
T010- eVT£U0O/X£VO»5 ^ulpSlV.
This address occupies both sides of sign. u i. On the recto of the
ensuing leaf, « 11, is this prefix :
T'nO OESl^ TH2 TAAEHMTOMAXTA^.
At the bottom of the same page, we read,
Ta tou 'bpufj.oiTOT 'npo'Toma..
Kge»Xk°. Tvpox.\6Tro$ . Krjpug . Xopoj QeguTrcuvlBwv.
O'fsuvETis xgsiWou . A'ylsXo;. IIpoAo/»?e< Se 6 Kge’/AA 0.
On the recto of the 10th and last leaf, sign. a 10, the concluding
sentence is thus:
Xop. Zuioig aXuuTwg suSuAooj suxupllw$ ,
EV XvxafiavTUc pcrl'urw zjEurXrlpcjOjj.ivous .
A'vT chvirsg rjXdss uyysXocr iroSoufJ.svcov.
Ka< tov tpovov 7rpouprjVU(T rjp.lv tou pQopou.
H v8ij yup sldov 7rav 7roQoup.svov tsXog,
K’'iXr,pbcr upTi xu) xuXrjjg r]vu;p.svov.
TE'AO^.
This description, of so extraordinary a rarity in Greek printing, will be
found inore copious than any which has preceded it. As Renouard
properly observes, the impression is entirely destitute of typographical
ornament, whether of capital initials, or otherwise. The present is a
fair sound copy ; in old red morocco binding. It belonged formerly to
Mr. George Mason; who considered it to be unique.