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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 (294 x 204mm). Collation: *10 (1r title and contents, 1v Latin transl. 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, Scipio Carteromachus and Aldus himself, 4v Scipio'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-z8 &4 (selections in alphabetical order from Eustathius and other Greek grammarians, and shorter texts); A-D8 E6 F8 (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). 279 leaves (of 280, first leaf in facsimile). Greek types 1:146 and 2:114 and roman 2:114. 30 lines. (Fore-edge of first 5 leaves discreetly repaired, *2 soiled and surface rubbed, affecting some text, small wormhole and wormtrack in first quire just touching a few letters, small hole in final 3 leaves, lower blank half of final leaf replaced.) Modern calf blindstamped in a style of the early 16th century.
FIRST EDITION of Eustathius Thessalonicensis (fl. ca. 1160-92) and of many but not all of these selections from Greek grammatical writings. 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. The work was priced by the publisher at 1 ducats. HC *15493; GW 7571; BMC V, 555 (IB. 24415-18); Goff T-158; IGI 9510; Hoffmann II, 116; Flodr 303 (Thesaurus); Ahmanson-Murphy 8; Renouard Alde, 9:1.
Super-chancery 2 (294 x 204mm). Collation: *
FIRST EDITION of Eustathius Thessalonicensis (fl. ca. 1160-92) and of many but not all of these selections from Greek grammatical writings. 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. The work was priced by the publisher at 1 ducats. HC *15493; GW 7571; BMC V, 555 (IB. 24415-18); Goff T-158; IGI 9510; Hoffmann II, 116; Flodr 303 (Thesaurus); Ahmanson-Murphy 8; Renouard Alde, 9:1.