Theocritus and Dioscorides A VOLUME OWNED BY FLETCHER OF SALTOUN, COMPRISING: THEOCRITUS. Ειδυλλια; Theognis; Dionysius Cato: Disticha [translated into Greek by Maximus Planudes]; Sententiae Septem sapientium; De invidia; Hesiodus: Opera et dies, Theogonia. Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495/96, 140 leaves, Α.A-Δ.D8 Ε.E.-Θ.G.6; ΑΑ.αα-ΔΔ.δδ8 ΕΕ.εε6 ΖΖ.ζζ10; α.a-β.b8 γ.c10; δ.d-ε.e8, 30 lines, Greek type, woodcut initials and headpieces, quire ΖΖ.ζζ bound before ΑΑ.αα, a few small inkstains on last leaf DIOSCORIDES. De material medica. Pseudo-Dioscorides: De venenis, De venenatis animalibus [Greek]. Venice: Aldus Manutius July 1499, 136 leaves, *6 α-ο8 π10, 40 lines plus headline, Greek type, 5- to 7-line initial spaces, early annotations in Latin and Greek, small repair to foredge of first leaf 2 works in one volume, Super-Chancery folio (313 x 210mm.), seventeenth-century (Italian?) limp vellum, slight damp-stain in upper margin throughout, upper hinge splitting
Theocritus and Dioscorides A VOLUME OWNED BY FLETCHER OF SALTOUN, COMPRISING: THEOCRITUS. Ειδυλλια; Theognis; Dionysius Cato: Disticha [translated into Greek by Maximus Planudes]; Sententiae Septem sapientium; De invidia; Hesiodus: Opera et dies, Theogonia. Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495/96, 140 leaves, Α.A-Δ.D8 Ε.E.-Θ.G.6; ΑΑ.αα-ΔΔ.δδ8 ΕΕ.εε6 ΖΖ.ζζ10; α.a-β.b8 γ.c10; δ.d-ε.e8, 30 lines, Greek type, woodcut initials and headpieces, quire ΖΖ.ζζ bound before ΑΑ.αα, a few small inkstains on last leaf DIOSCORIDES. De material medica. Pseudo-Dioscorides: De venenis, De venenatis animalibus [Greek]. Venice: Aldus Manutius July 1499, 136 leaves, *6 α-ο8 π10, 40 lines plus headline, Greek type, 5- to 7-line initial spaces, early annotations in Latin and Greek, small repair to foredge of first leaf 2 works in one volume, Super-Chancery folio (313 x 210mm.), seventeenth-century (Italian?) limp vellum, slight damp-stain in upper margin throughout, upper hinge splitting
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