Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, Volume 4F. C. & J. Rivington, 1810 |
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Absque afterwards Aleria anima anno appears Aristotle Arnoldus Audiffredi AUGUSTINI Bibliographers Bishop of Aleria Bishop of Ely Blenheim books printed British Museum Cracherode Bure Campanus catchword circa Colophon Commentaries copies at Blenheim curious book described Dibdin Donatus EADEM EDITIO PRINCEPS EJUSDEM CICERONIS Ely's Collection Epistolæ Folio Fust Gothic character Greek Historiarum Impressum Jenson Johannes King's Library Lactantius Laire Latin version lector letters Liber libri libros librum livres Livy Lord Spencer Maittaire manuscripts MAXIMI Mediolani Meerman Mentelin mentioned Mentz Milan Moguntiæ Morhofius Nicolaus observed opus pages numbered Pannartz Panzer Paris PLUTARCHI Pope Pope Sixtus IV prefatory epistle printed at Rome printed at Venice printer published quæ racter rare and curious rare book rarity Romæ Roman character Santander Schoiffer signatures Suetonius Sweynheym and Pannartz tion tract translated typis typography Ulric Valliere vellum Venet Venetiis Venice verses vitæ volume writer wrote Zainer
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Page 76 - Impressi : mirae quis neg 6- artis opus ? At tibi dum legitur docili suetonius ore : Artificis nomen fac rogo lector ames.
Page 84 - PRIXCEPS of Tacitus. John of Spira calls the Epistles of Cicero his first labour. Quom labor hie primus calami superaverat artem. The phrase therefore in the Colophon to the Tacitus, can only apply to Vindeline.
Page 421 - On one occasion, a visitor to whom this was shown, observed, with affected solemnity, that the letter involved also a miracle, for the paper on which it was written, was not in existence till several hundred years after the mother of our Lord had ascended into heaven.
Page 154 - Whoeer you be who on these pages look, Read if you'd know what artists wrought the book, Rough German names perhaps may cause your smiles, But these will grow familiar by their toils ; Arnold Pannartz and Conrade Sweynheym, By printing it at Rome first gained esteem, While Peter with his brother Francis joyned To furnish house-room for the work designed.
Page 357 - Joannes ex verona oriundus : Nicolai cyrurgie medici filius : artis impressorie magister: hunc de re militari librum elegantissimum : litteris et figuratis signis sua in patria primus impressit. An. M.CCCC.LXXII.
Page 237 - The whole paragraph seems worth insertion. " Accedebant justae preces magistri Nicolai Jenson Gallic!, alterius ut vcre dicam Daedali, qui librariae artis mirabilis inventor: non ut scribantur calamo libri, sed veluti gemma imprimantur, ac prope sigillo primus omnium ingeniose demonstravit.
Page 423 - Sicut hie est fallacia secundum quid ad simpliciter. A est producibile a Deo, ergo a est. Et similiter hie. A non est. Ergo A non est producibile a. Deo.
Page 155 - Qui docuit Venetos exscribi posse Joannes Mense fere trino centena volumina Plini Et totidem magni Ciceronis Spira libellos : Ceperat Aureli : subita sed morte perentus Non potuit ceptum Venetis finire volumen Vindelinus adest ejusdem frater : et arte Non minor : hadriacaq ; morabitur urbe.
Page 204 - The above Leonicenus must not be confounded with another of the same name, who was celebrated for his translation of Galen, to which he added Commentaries. They were, however, relations. This Omnibonus Leonicenus afterwards edited an edition- of. Quintilian, which was published at Venice. Another very curious edition of the book de Rhetorica, printed at Naples in 147fi, by Afnoldus de Bruxella, must not be overlooked.
Page 45 - Philelphus the crimes of the basest ingratitude and seduction. No two individuals were ever more hostile for a time to each other than Poggius and Philelphus. They were, however, finally reconciled and became intimate friends. Philelphus, after residing at Constantinople, at Bologna, Florence, and Sienna, settled at Milan, whence he was driven hy the plague, hut again returned and resumed his literary pursuits.