THEOCRITUS (c.310-250 B.C.). Ειδιλλια. [With other tracts], in Greek. Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495/6. Chancery 2° (263 x 193mm.). AA-Δ 8 EE-ΥG 6 ZZζζ 1 0 AA\kaa-DDdd\K 8 EEεε 6 αa-βb 8 γc 1 0 δd-εe 8 . (AA1 r title \kTade enesti en thide thi biblvi\K , AA1 v Aldus's preface to Baptista Guarino, AA2 r Theocritus, Υ6 v blank, ZZζζ1 r Disticha of Dionysius Cato, translated into Greek hexameters bby Maximus Planudes, ZZζζ10 v blank, AAαα1 r , ZZζζ7 r sentences of the Seven Sages, ZZζζ9 r \kPeri Fuoyoy\K , ZZζζ10 r register fo quires AA-ΥG, ZZζζ10 v blank, AAαα1 r Theognis, αa1 r \kHsiodoy Ueogonia\K , δd1 r \kHsiodoy Erga kai Hmerai\K , εe7 v register of quires αa-εe, εe8 r colophon Impressum Venetiis charecteribus ac studio Aldi Manucii Romani cum gratia &c. .M.CCCC.XCV. Mensi februario , εe8 v blank). 140 leaves, 30 lines, types: 146 Greek, 114 Roman. Woodcut headpieces and initials (a few leaves slightly spotted, small wormholes in lower margin of some leaves, a few leaves with waterstain in upper corner, some other minor soiling). Modern stamped calf-backed boards, spine in compartments, lacks clasp. Provenance : St. Mary's College Eton (bookplate on colophon leaf); Hans Fürstenberg (booklabel); exhibited at Musée d'Art Geneva, May 1966 (exhibition label). Second edition of the Idylls, previous printed in Milan by Bonus Accursius circa 1480. HC *15477; BMC V-554; Goff T-144.
THEOCRITUS (c.310-250 B.C.). Ειδιλλια. [With other tracts], in Greek. Venice: Aldus Manutius February 1495/6. Chancery 2° (263 x 193mm.). AA-Δ 8 EE-ΥG 6 ZZζζ 1 0 AA\kaa-DDdd\K 8 EEεε 6 αa-βb 8 γc 1 0 δd-εe 8 . (AA1 r title \kTade enesti en thide thi biblvi\K , AA1 v Aldus's preface to Baptista Guarino, AA2 r Theocritus, Υ6 v blank, ZZζζ1 r Disticha of Dionysius Cato, translated into Greek hexameters bby Maximus Planudes, ZZζζ10 v blank, AAαα1 r , ZZζζ7 r sentences of the Seven Sages, ZZζζ9 r \kPeri Fuoyoy\K , ZZζζ10 r register fo quires AA-ΥG, ZZζζ10 v blank, AAαα1 r Theognis, αa1 r \kHsiodoy Ueogonia\K , δd1 r \kHsiodoy Erga kai Hmerai\K , εe7 v register of quires αa-εe, εe8 r colophon Impressum Venetiis charecteribus ac studio Aldi Manucii Romani cum gratia &c. .M.CCCC.XCV. Mensi februario , εe8 v blank). 140 leaves, 30 lines, types: 146 Greek, 114 Roman. Woodcut headpieces and initials (a few leaves slightly spotted, small wormholes in lower margin of some leaves, a few leaves with waterstain in upper corner, some other minor soiling). Modern stamped calf-backed boards, spine in compartments, lacks clasp. Provenance : St. Mary's College Eton (bookplate on colophon leaf); Hans Fürstenberg (booklabel); exhibited at Musée d'Art Geneva, May 1966 (exhibition label). Second edition of the Idylls, previous printed in Milan by Bonus Accursius circa 1480. HC *15477; BMC V-554; Goff T-144.
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