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25 December 1495
GAZA, Theodore (ca. 1400 - ca. 1475). Introductivae grammatices libri quatuor, Gk. -De mensibus, Gk. -APOLLONIUS Dyscolus (2nd cent. A.D.) De constructione, Gk. -HERODIAN the grammarian (attributed to). De numeris, Gk. Super-chancery 2° (315 x 206mm). Collation: a-18 (Gaza's grammar); a8 b10 (his treatise on the Attic calendar); AA-LL8 MM4 (Apollonius, pseudo-Herodian). 198 leaves. Greek type 1:146 (text), incidental other types (title, preface, colophon). 31 lines. Woodcut headpieces and initials from two sets, strapwork and foliate (as in Grenville copy, IB. 24400). (Minor worming at beginning and end, a few small stains.)
PREFACE: Aldus is aware that Gaza and Apollonius may seem hard going at first, but he encourages the reader to re-read them and these grammatical tracts will become easy and agreeable. Pay attention to Theodore's diction and you will find in him pure, sweet Attic eloquence. Apollonius and Herodian are equally sure guides. As Isocrates says: Who would love learning must be widely learned. [The word παυη in this preface was supplied in manuscript at the Aldine shop.]
BINDING: 18th-century French red morocco gilt spine and calf sides, marbled endpapers. PROVENANCE: Greek marginalia on numerous pages in neat, early upright script; Ambroise Firmin Didot (bookplate)
FIRST EDITION of the Gazan treatises, EDITIO PRINCEPS of the appended ancient texts, of which Apollonius's on syntax is particularly important. Priced at one gold ducat, "not less", in the 1498 Aldine catalogue. FRESH COPY. HC *7500; GW 10562; BMC V, 553; Goff G-110; IGI 4181; Flodr 14:1 (Apollonius); Murphy 5; Sansoviniana 5; Laurenziana 5; Scapecchi 2; Dionisotti & Orlandi IV; R 4:2
GAZA, Theodore (ca. 1400 - ca. 1475). Introductivae grammatices libri quatuor, Gk. -De mensibus, Gk. -APOLLONIUS Dyscolus (2nd cent. A.D.) De constructione, Gk. -HERODIAN the grammarian (attributed to). De numeris, Gk. Super-chancery 2° (315 x 206mm). Collation: a-18 (Gaza's grammar); a8 b10 (his treatise on the Attic calendar); AA-LL8 MM4 (Apollonius, pseudo-Herodian). 198 leaves. Greek type 1:146 (text), incidental other types (title, preface, colophon). 31 lines. Woodcut headpieces and initials from two sets, strapwork and foliate (as in Grenville copy, IB. 24400). (Minor worming at beginning and end, a few small stains.)
PREFACE: Aldus is aware that Gaza and Apollonius may seem hard going at first, but he encourages the reader to re-read them and these grammatical tracts will become easy and agreeable. Pay attention to Theodore's diction and you will find in him pure, sweet Attic eloquence. Apollonius and Herodian are equally sure guides. As Isocrates says: Who would love learning must be widely learned. [The word παυη in this preface was supplied in manuscript at the Aldine shop.]
BINDING: 18th-century French red morocco gilt spine and calf sides, marbled endpapers. PROVENANCE: Greek marginalia on numerous pages in neat, early upright script; Ambroise Firmin Didot (bookplate)
FIRST EDITION of the Gazan treatises, EDITIO PRINCEPS of the appended ancient texts, of which Apollonius's on syntax is particularly important. Priced at one gold ducat, "not less", in the 1498 Aldine catalogue. FRESH COPY. HC *7500; GW 10562; BMC V, 553; Goff G-110; IGI 4181; Flodr 14:1 (Apollonius); Murphy 5; Sansoviniana 5; Laurenziana 5; Scapecchi 2; Dionisotti & Orlandi IV; R 4:2