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MISCELLANEOUS. [ Venice ; 1498.
756. Poiatianus. Opeua Omnia. Latine.
Printed hy Aldus. Venice. 1498. Folio.
Editio Princeps of the entire works of Politian ; but in which the
History of the Conspiracy of the Pazzi appears to liave been purposely
omitted by Aldus — although it had been printed in 4to. in 1478,
without name of printer or place, according to Renouard.* L’lmprim.
des Alde, vol. i. p. 22. A variation is probably observable in some of
the copies of this magnificent volurae. Renouard says, an epistle of
Aldus to Marino Sannuto, and an index, follow the title page ; but, in
the present copy, on the reverse of the title-page—which is thus—
OMNIA OPERA ANGELI Politiam, et alia
qutedam lectu digna, quorum nomina in se/
quenti indice uidere licet.
we have the same epistle of the printer, but not an epistle of the author
to Pietro de Medici. On tlie reverse of xjc viij, is the following sub-
scription :
Finis graecorum epigrammatum.
Venetiis in aedibus Aldi Romani mense Iulio M.IID.
Impetrauimus ab Iliustrissimo Senatu Yeneto in
boc libro idem quod in aliis nostris.
The Greek epigrams are printed in the small and meagre Greek cha-.
racter of the Aldine press. A register of 2 leaves, in two columns,
follows the above termination, and concludes the volume. The order
of the signatures is thus : a to t in eights, except q and r in tens : A to
Z in eights, except K and V in fours, and Q, R, T, X, Y, in tens. Then
&, with ten leaves. Next, aa to bb, in eights ; again, aa to jcx in eights—
* Mr. Roscoe, in liis Life of Lorenzo de Medici, vol. i. p. 198-200, 4to. edit, does not
mention the above impression — among the most esfectual ‘ Memorials of the Conspiracy’
of the Pazzi family; nor can I find any mention made of this treatise, as the work of
Politian, in the account of the latter by the same able biographer. The Basil edition of
1553, folio, contains the reprint. The tasteful reader of the literature of Italy in the
XVth century, and more especially of that department connected with the writers in the
Latin language, will peruse with pleasure and instruction Mr. Greswell’s Memoirs os
Politian, I. P. de Mirandula, Sannazarius, Bembus, Frascatorius, &c. 1805, 8vo. 2nd edit.
MISCELLANEOUS. [ Venice ; 1498.
756. Poiatianus. Opeua Omnia. Latine.
Printed hy Aldus. Venice. 1498. Folio.
Editio Princeps of the entire works of Politian ; but in which the
History of the Conspiracy of the Pazzi appears to liave been purposely
omitted by Aldus — although it had been printed in 4to. in 1478,
without name of printer or place, according to Renouard.* L’lmprim.
des Alde, vol. i. p. 22. A variation is probably observable in some of
the copies of this magnificent volurae. Renouard says, an epistle of
Aldus to Marino Sannuto, and an index, follow the title page ; but, in
the present copy, on the reverse of the title-page—which is thus—
OMNIA OPERA ANGELI Politiam, et alia
qutedam lectu digna, quorum nomina in se/
quenti indice uidere licet.
we have the same epistle of the printer, but not an epistle of the author
to Pietro de Medici. On tlie reverse of xjc viij, is the following sub-
scription :
Finis graecorum epigrammatum.
Venetiis in aedibus Aldi Romani mense Iulio M.IID.
Impetrauimus ab Iliustrissimo Senatu Yeneto in
boc libro idem quod in aliis nostris.
The Greek epigrams are printed in the small and meagre Greek cha-.
racter of the Aldine press. A register of 2 leaves, in two columns,
follows the above termination, and concludes the volume. The order
of the signatures is thus : a to t in eights, except q and r in tens : A to
Z in eights, except K and V in fours, and Q, R, T, X, Y, in tens. Then
&, with ten leaves. Next, aa to bb, in eights ; again, aa to jcx in eights—
* Mr. Roscoe, in liis Life of Lorenzo de Medici, vol. i. p. 198-200, 4to. edit, does not
mention the above impression — among the most esfectual ‘ Memorials of the Conspiracy’
of the Pazzi family; nor can I find any mention made of this treatise, as the work of
Politian, in the account of the latter by the same able biographer. The Basil edition of
1553, folio, contains the reprint. The tasteful reader of the literature of Italy in the
XVth century, and more especially of that department connected with the writers in the
Latin language, will peruse with pleasure and instruction Mr. Greswell’s Memoirs os
Politian, I. P. de Mirandula, Sannazarius, Bembus, Frascatorius, &c. 1805, 8vo. 2nd edit.