Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books Volume . 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1810 Excerpt: ...of Cicero, which are' deserving of mention, and in particular, 24. Crcaaoiqis de Natura Deorum, de divinitate, de fato, deqlegibus, Academ. Questionum, de discipline rnilitar; _Liber._-Venetiis. _Vindel. de Spira. 1471. This is not only a most rare, but most beam tiful book. ' ' Of this there are copies in the Kings Li-9 brary, at Blenheim, with Lord Spencer, and the Bishop of Ely. There are also three editions of great rarity of the tract de Partitionibus Oratoriis. I. Neapoli. Matth. Moravus. Sine-loco ct anno. __ i-i U ' It may_besobservied, that 'all the produicitiioins of this press are remarkable for theii' beauty. 5.Moravua Moravus had before printed at Genoa. 2. Roman. Steph. Planck. This was printed with the Books Rhetoricorum. See Audiflfredi, p. 398. 3. Sine loco, sed circa 1476. See Panzer, vol. iv. p. 113. _ Some of the Select Orations, sine anno et loco, are to be reckoned also among the rare books; that in particular printed at Cracou, viz. Oratio pro Ligario, is a great curiosity. I may yet have passed over some which ought to have been described, but I shall be thankful to have such omissions pointed out, that I may correct-them in the Appendix. ISOCRATES. There is no edition of Isocrates within the _ limit which I" have prescribed to myself; but the following one of 1493 is so rare, and in volves so much curious literary history, that I may be excused for introducing it. I have indeed slightly mentioned it in my list of Greek Books, printed before 1-500, but it merits more particular notice. Mediolani. Henricus Germanus et Sebastianus de Pontremulo. 1493. Folio. The Colophon is in Greek, and by this we learn, that the underwritten personages defrayed the expence of the impression, viz." Bartholomzeu...