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PRISCIANUS. Opera, edited by Benedictus Brognolus and partly with a commentary by Joannes de Aingre, Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 4 December 1488. 2° (305 x 218mm). 345 leaves (of 346, lacks the initial blank), 43 lines of text and 60 of commentary, roman, and a little Greek, letter. (Wormhole in the text as far as e1, short repair in inner margin of last leaf, a few minor stains, last quire misbound). 19th-century half vellum. Provenance: copious contemporary marginalia at the beginning of the work.
A late edition but the first to contain the commentary of Jean d'Aingre to the first sixteen books which deal mainly with sounds, word-formation and inflexions. Apart from being the standard Latin grammar in schools up to the sixteenth century (and about a thousand manuscripts are preserved), Priscian's (fl.500 A.D.) work is also important for preserving numerous fragments from otherwise lost works by Ennius, Lucilius, Cato, Varro and others. HCR 13361; BMC V, 383; Klebs 806.9; Goff P-968.
A late edition but the first to contain the commentary of Jean d'Aingre to the first sixteen books which deal mainly with sounds, word-formation and inflexions. Apart from being the standard Latin grammar in schools up to the sixteenth century (and about a thousand manuscripts are preserved), Priscian's (fl.500 A.D.) work is also important for preserving numerous fragments from otherwise lost works by Ennius, Lucilius, Cato, Varro and others. HCR 13361; BMC V, 383; Klebs 806.9; Goff P-968.
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