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GAZA, Theodore (c.1400-c.1475). Introductivae grammatices libri quatuor, in Greek. -De mensibus, in Greek. - APOLLONIUS Dyscolus (2nd cent. A.D.). De constructione, in Greek. - HERODIAN the grammarian (attributed to). De numeris, in Greek. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 25 December 1495.
Super-chancery 2° (298 x 199mm). Collation: a-l8 (Gaza, grammar); 2a8 2b10 (Gaza, on the Attic calendar); AA-LL8 MM4 (Apollonius, pseudo-Herodian). 198 leaves. 31 lines. Type: 1:146Gk (text), incidental other types (title, preface, colophon). Woodcut headpieces and initials from two sets, strapwork and foliate (headpiece and initial on h4v foliate as in Grenville copy, IB. 24400). Ruled in red, the word \Kpaqh\k supplied in manuscript in the preface, probably in the Aldine shop. (Title lightly browned with marginal spot, g2v-3r and 2a2v-3r lightly stained, tear in g3.6 with loss of a few letters.) 18th-century red morocco, ruled in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (minor scratches).
FIRST EDITION of all texts and one of the earliest books printed by Aldus Manutius, printed in the year that the press was founded. Gaza's grammar formed one of the cornerstones of the Aldine publication programme by providing a basis for knowledge of the Greek language. It is printed with Aldus's first type, used also to print his edition of the works of Aristotle. HC *7500; GW 10562; BMC V, 553 (IB.24397-24400); IGI 4181; Flodr 14:1 (Apollonius); Ahmanson-Murphy 5; Renouard Alde, 4:2; Goff G-110.
Super-chancery 2° (298 x 199mm). Collation: a-l
FIRST EDITION of all texts and one of the earliest books printed by Aldus Manutius, printed in the year that the press was founded. Gaza's grammar formed one of the cornerstones of the Aldine publication programme by providing a basis for knowledge of the Greek language. It is printed with Aldus's first type, used also to print his edition of the works of Aristotle. HC *7500; GW 10562; BMC V, 553 (IB.24397-24400); IGI 4181; Flodr 14:1 (Apollonius); Ahmanson-Murphy 5; Renouard Alde, 4:2; Goff G-110.
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