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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MISCELLANEOUS. [Cologne; 1471.

me remanserunt. uel postea in manus peruenerunt. in unu
coniectas. tibi mitto Francisce Arceli decus adolescencie.

8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

At the bottom we read

EXPLICIT.

PRQLOGVS.

The reverse is blank. On the recto of the ensuing leaf the first epistle
begins, and concludes thus : ‘ Vale meus amor.’ In the whole, 81
leaves. On the reverse of the last leaf it is as follows :

Sequens epitaphium clarissimus poeta.

Antonius Panhormita suis dulcissimis
carminibus composuit et in sepulchru^
suum affigi mandauit.

C Quaerite pierides alium qui ploret amores
C Quaerite qui regum fortia facta canat.

CMe pater ille ingens h5iuj sator atq; redeptor.

C Euocat. Et sedes donat adire pias.

C Antonine decus nostrum letare resurgam,

The present may be called a large and desirable copy of this estimable
hnpression; and is bound in russia.

746. Petrarcha, seu Hadrianus. De Remediis

Utriusque Fortunje. Printedhy TherHoernen.

Cologne. 1471. Quarto.

This rare and curious little volume has been well described by La
Serna Santander, in his ‘ Disquisition upon Signatures, Numerals, and
Catchwordsforming the supplemental volume to the Catalogue of
his Books, 1803, 8vo. p. 27, &c. The work is probably here placed
out of correct order, since we learn, from the same authority, that the
author of it was Hadrianus, a Carthusian monk—and not Petrarcli:
who, however, was taken for the model of the coinposition. La Serna