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 4) (London, 1815) [Cicognara, 4650-4]

162 ITALIAN BOOKS. [Hypnerotomachia,

reading a letter, and a dog is sitting to the left of her. The enatnoured
Couple are next described, by cuts as well as by text, as being conveyed
to the upper regions, before Venus; and are happily united in the
last embellishment to tlie volume. On the recto of F iii, is the date
of the composition of the work, thus :

Taruisii cum decorissimis Poliae amore lorulis, distin-
tiueretur misellus Poliphilus.

. M . CCCC . LXVII. Kalendis Maii.

The reverse of this leaf presents us with the Epitaph of Polia, which
I shall give in the note below.* On the recto of the ensuing and last
leaf is a very full page of Errata; terminaiing with the following
imprint:

Venetiis Mense decembri. M.ID. in aedibus Aldi
Manutii, accuratissime.

In the whole, 4 leaves without signature: then a to z in eights : z ten ;
A to F in eights : F four.

* EPITAPHIVM POLIAE

F oelix Polia, qutc sepulta uiuis
C liaro marli Poliphilus quiescens
I am fecit uigilare te sopitam .

EPITAPH . VBI POL . LOQVITVR.

VIATOIt FAC QUAESO MORVLAM,

POLIAE NYMPHAE

HIC EST MYROPOLIVM.

QUAENAM INQVIES POLIA? FLOS
ILLE OMNEM REDOLENS VIRTUTEM
SPECTATISSIMVS .

QVI OB LOCI ARITVDINEM

PLVSCVLIS POLIPHILI LACHRYMVL.
REPVLVLESCERE NEQVIT .

AT SI ME FLORERE VIDERES, EXIMIA
PICTVRA VNIVERSIS DECORITER
PRAESTARE CONSPICERES
PHOEBE INQVIENS,

QVEM INTACTVM VRORE RELIQVE
RAS, VMBRA CECIDIT .

HEV POLIPHILE DESINE .

FLOS SIC EXSICCATVS,

N\ rNQVAM REVIVISCIT .

VALE .