THESAURUS — Thesaurus Cornu copiae. & Horti Adonidis , in Greek. Edited by Guarinus Camers (1450-1537), Carolus Antenoreus (fl. 15th century), Angelus Politianus (1454-94), Urbanus Bolzanius and Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius August 1496.
THESAURUS — Thesaurus Cornu copiae. & Horti Adonidis , in Greek. Edited by Guarinus Camers (1450-1537), Carolus Antenoreus (fl. 15th century), Angelus Politianus (1454-94), Urbanus Bolzanius and Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius August 1496. Super-chancery 2° (311 x 206mm). Collation: *10 (1r title and contents, 1v Latin translation of contents, 2r-3v Aldus's Latin preface to all students, 3v Politian's Latin letter to Guarino, 4r Greek epigrams of Politian, Aristoboulos Apostolios, Scipione Forteguerri (Carteromachus) and Aldus himself, 4v Scipione's Greek letter to Guarino, 5r-6v Guarino's Greek preface to Piero de' Medici II, 7r-10r tract on Greek undeclinable words, attributed to Aelius Dionysius, 10v list of grammarians extracted); a-i8 K-L8 a-z8 &4 (selections in alphabetical order from Eustathius and other Greek grammarians, and shorter texts); A-D8 F6 E8 (writings of Herodian, Choeroboscus, Johannes Grammaticus Charax and others); G-K8.6 L8 (extracts from Johannes Grammaticus, Eustathius on Homer, Gregorius Corinthius and other short texts, L7r-8r register, L8r colophon, L8v blank). 280 leaves. Types: 1:146Gk, 2:114Gk and 2:114R. 30 lines. Initial spaces. (Two minute wormholes in the first quire, marginal wormtrack in quire f, small marginal holes in last leaf.) 19th-century green straight-grained half morocco gilt (minor repairs at extremities). Provenance : last word on B1r and last three words on C3r crossed out in pen-and-ink at the Aldine shop, a few contemporary annotations -- Marco Antonio Borghese, prince of Sulmona (1814-86; armorial bookplate) – [Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie's, 3 May 1995, lot 7] – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of Aldus's compilation of Greek grammatical works, including the EDITIO PRINCEPS of Eustathius Thessalonicensis (fl. c. 1160-92) and of many but not all of the other writings. It forms part of the Aldine printing programme designed to provide aids to students of Greek, and it comprises a lexicon as well as a selection of writings by various Greek grammarians particularly directed to reading Homer. The preface of this edition provides the primary evidence for dating the beginning of Aldus's activity, where he states that he has worked for 7 years without so much as an hour of solid rest. It was priced by the publisher at 1½ ducats. HC *15493; GW 7571; BMC V, 555 (IB. 24415-18); CIBN T-109; IGI 9510; Hoffmann II, 116; Flodr 303 (Thesaurus); Ahmanson-Murphy 8; Renouard Alde , 9:1; Goff T-158.
THESAURUS — Thesaurus Cornu copiae. & Horti Adonidis , in Greek. Edited by Guarinus Camers (1450-1537), Carolus Antenoreus (fl. 15th century), Angelus Politianus (1454-94), Urbanus Bolzanius and Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius August 1496.
THESAURUS — Thesaurus Cornu copiae. & Horti Adonidis , in Greek. Edited by Guarinus Camers (1450-1537), Carolus Antenoreus (fl. 15th century), Angelus Politianus (1454-94), Urbanus Bolzanius and Aldus Manutius Venice: Aldus Manutius August 1496. Super-chancery 2° (311 x 206mm). Collation: *10 (1r title and contents, 1v Latin translation of contents, 2r-3v Aldus's Latin preface to all students, 3v Politian's Latin letter to Guarino, 4r Greek epigrams of Politian, Aristoboulos Apostolios, Scipione Forteguerri (Carteromachus) and Aldus himself, 4v Scipione's Greek letter to Guarino, 5r-6v Guarino's Greek preface to Piero de' Medici II, 7r-10r tract on Greek undeclinable words, attributed to Aelius Dionysius, 10v list of grammarians extracted); a-i8 K-L8 a-z8 &4 (selections in alphabetical order from Eustathius and other Greek grammarians, and shorter texts); A-D8 F6 E8 (writings of Herodian, Choeroboscus, Johannes Grammaticus Charax and others); G-K8.6 L8 (extracts from Johannes Grammaticus, Eustathius on Homer, Gregorius Corinthius and other short texts, L7r-8r register, L8r colophon, L8v blank). 280 leaves. Types: 1:146Gk, 2:114Gk and 2:114R. 30 lines. Initial spaces. (Two minute wormholes in the first quire, marginal wormtrack in quire f, small marginal holes in last leaf.) 19th-century green straight-grained half morocco gilt (minor repairs at extremities). Provenance : last word on B1r and last three words on C3r crossed out in pen-and-ink at the Aldine shop, a few contemporary annotations -- Marco Antonio Borghese, prince of Sulmona (1814-86; armorial bookplate) – [Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie's, 3 May 1995, lot 7] – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of Aldus's compilation of Greek grammatical works, including the EDITIO PRINCEPS of Eustathius Thessalonicensis (fl. c. 1160-92) and of many but not all of the other writings. It forms part of the Aldine printing programme designed to provide aids to students of Greek, and it comprises a lexicon as well as a selection of writings by various Greek grammarians particularly directed to reading Homer. The preface of this edition provides the primary evidence for dating the beginning of Aldus's activity, where he states that he has worked for 7 years without so much as an hour of solid rest. It was priced by the publisher at 1½ ducats. HC *15493; GW 7571; BMC V, 555 (IB. 24415-18); CIBN T-109; IGI 9510; Hoffmann II, 116; Flodr 303 (Thesaurus); Ahmanson-Murphy 8; Renouard Alde , 9:1; Goff T-158.
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