Accession number
PML 1114
Published
Venetiis : Apud Aldum, me[n]se Octobri M.D.V. [1505]
Notes
Edited and translated by Aldo Pio Manuzio.
First Greek edition of all the works except Aesop's fables which had been published as early as 1470.
Imprint from colophon.
Printer's device on the title page & verso of the final leaf.
Signatures: a/A¹⁶ B/b¹⁸ c/C¹⁶ D/d¹⁸ (Greek & Latin interleaved); a-h⁸ i⁶ [kappa]-[xi]⁸ o⁴.
Spaces with guide letters left for capitals. Woodcut capital on B5.
The second impression of the Fables of Babrius, found on B5, B6, C4, C5, D5-10, is interspersed with other authors' fables.
The selections from Aphtonius and Philostratus, the Vita by Maximus Planudes, the Fables of Aesop and the Fables of Babrius (first impression) are in Greek and Latin; the other works are in Greek only.
Title continues: Gabriae fabellae tres & quadraginta ex trimetris iambis, praeter ultimam ex Scazonte, cum latina interpretatio[n]e. Quas idcirco bis curauimus in forma[n]adas, quia priores, ubi latinum a graeco seiungi potest, admodum quam incorrecte excusae fuerant exempli culpa. quare nacti emendatum exemplum, operaepretium uisum est iterum excudendas curare, ut ex secundis prima queant corrigi. Phurnutus seu, ut alii, Curnutus de natura deorum. Palaephatus de non credensis historiis. Heraclides Ponticus de Allgoriis apud Homerum. Ori Apollinis Niliaci hieroglyphica. Collectio prouerbiorum Tarrhaei, & Didymi, itam eorum, quae apud Sudam, aliosq[ue] habentur per ordinem literarum. Ex Aphthonii exercitementis de fabula. Tum de formicis, & cicadis graece, & latine. De Fabula ex imaginibus Philostrati graece,& latine. Ex Hermogenis exercitamentis de fabule Prisciano interprete. Apologus Aesopi de Cassita apud Gellium.
First Greek edition of all the works except Aesop's fables which had been published as early as 1470.
Imprint from colophon.
Printer's device on the title page & verso of the final leaf.
Signatures: a/A¹⁶ B/b¹⁸ c/C¹⁶ D/d¹⁸ (Greek & Latin interleaved); a-h⁸ i⁶ [kappa]-[xi]⁸ o⁴.
Spaces with guide letters left for capitals. Woodcut capital on B5.
The second impression of the Fables of Babrius, found on B5, B6, C4, C5, D5-10, is interspersed with other authors' fables.
The selections from Aphtonius and Philostratus, the Vita by Maximus Planudes, the Fables of Aesop and the Fables of Babrius (first impression) are in Greek and Latin; the other works are in Greek only.
Title continues: Gabriae fabellae tres & quadraginta ex trimetris iambis, praeter ultimam ex Scazonte, cum latina interpretatio[n]e. Quas idcirco bis curauimus in forma[n]adas, quia priores, ubi latinum a graeco seiungi potest, admodum quam incorrecte excusae fuerant exempli culpa. quare nacti emendatum exemplum, operaepretium uisum est iterum excudendas curare, ut ex secundis prima queant corrigi. Phurnutus seu, ut alii, Curnutus de natura deorum. Palaephatus de non credensis historiis. Heraclides Ponticus de Allgoriis apud Homerum. Ori Apollinis Niliaci hieroglyphica. Collectio prouerbiorum Tarrhaei, & Didymi, itam eorum, quae apud Sudam, aliosq[ue] habentur per ordinem literarum. Ex Aphthonii exercitementis de fabula. Tum de formicis, & cicadis graece, & latine. De Fabula ex imaginibus Philostrati graece,& latine. Ex Hermogenis exercitamentis de fabule Prisciano interprete. Apologus Aesopi de Cassita apud Gellium.
Description
142 (i.e. 214) p., 172 col., [2] p. ; 27 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Formerly owned by Balthazar Lydius (inscription); G. Meerman, A.A. Renouard (note on fly leaf); Lord Gosford (bookplate); J. Toovey.
Binding
Contemporary vellum.
Classification
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