Haec insunt in hoc libro. Theocriti Eclogae triginta. Genus Theocriti & de inuentione bucolicorum. Catonis Romani sententiae paraeneticae distichi. Sententiae septem sapientum. De Inuidia. Theognidis megarensis siculi sententiae elegiacae. Sententiae monostichi per Capita ex uariis poetis. Aurea Carmina Pythagorae. Phocylidae Poema admonitorium. Carmina Sibyllae erythraeae de Christo Iesu domino n[ost]ro. Differe[n]tia uocis. Hesiodi Theogonia. Eiusdem scutum Herculis. Eiusdem georgicon libri duo..
Theocritus.
Theognis.
Cato, Dionysius.
Planudes, Maximus,approximately 1260-approximately 1310.
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515,printer.
Theocritus.Idylls.
Impressum Venetiis : Characteribus ac studio Aldi Manucii Romani cum gratia &c.,
M.CCCC.XCV. Mense Februario [February 1495/1496]
Title from contents listing on 1st leaf.
Imprint from colophon.
In hoc volumine continentur haec Hesiodi Ascraei poetae Theogonia. hoc e[st] de generatione deoru[m] opusculum. Eiusde[m] Aspis. hoc est de scuto Herculis opusculum. Eiusde[m] Georgicorum libri duo dicti Erga & Himerae. idest opera & dies--Leaf e8v.
Leaf [1r], title ; [1v], Aldus Baptistae Guarino s.p.d. ; [2r], Theocritus ; [51r], Theognis ; [89r], Disticha of Dionysius Cato, translated into Greek hexameters by Maximus Planudes ; [95r], sentences of the seven sages. Cf. BM 15th cent.
Signatures (in parallel Roman and Greek characters): A-D⁸ E-G⁶ 2Z¹⁰ 2A-2D⁸ 2E⁶ a-e⁸.
Printed in Greek type on paper with watermarks including bull's head with cross, and hat. Some roman type. Woodcut initials and headpieces.
219 x 103 mm ; roman 114 (title), roman 83 (text on title verso and final leaf), greek 146 ; 30 lines ; woodcut initials occupying 3, 5 or 7 lines.
ISTC
BM 15th cent.,
Goff
Hain
Proctor
GW
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Advocates Library ex libris dated 1792 on front flyleaf.
Late 18th-century leather with single gilt rolled fillet on front and back boards, spine with seven gilt tooled compartments, single gilt rolled fillet on board edges, gilt rolled Greek key turn-ins and marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Rebacked with original spine laid on 3 March 1989.
Italy Venice.