Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, in the library of George John, Earl Spencer / By Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
- George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
- Date:
- 1822
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, in the library of George John, Earl Spencer / By Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Charles VIII. in Italy, in 1496—in two small volumes, or tracts : ' du- obus duntaxat uoluminibus, altero pugnam tarrensem, altero nouarien- sem oppugnationem complexus.’ Such are the words of Alexander Benedictus [Paeantius] Veronensis Physicus ” in his preliminary ad- dress to Augustinus Barbadicus, the Doge of Venice; which address occupies a ii, rev. and a iii—dated ‘ Venetiis duodecimo Kalcndas, apriles. Anno m. hud. The title, as above, is in the centre of a i, recto : some verses of Quintus Haemilianus, e In Gallos,' being on the reverse. Oil a ii, recto, are verses from the same hand, ‘ In Diaria Alcxandri Pceantii Benedicti Veronensis Physici. Epos Hendecasyllabicon.' Then the ad- dress of Paeantius, as before mentioned. On a iiii, is the argument of the first book : the text beginning on the reverse; which extends to e iiii, in eights. On the reverse of e iiii—‘ Finis libri de Tarrensi pugna. A prefix to the second book follows—and on the reverse of the ensu- ing sheet we read, ‘ Secundus liber de obsidione Urbis Novaria.' This latter ends on the recto of i iii. On the reverse, is a third address of the author, dated * Venetiis m.iiiid. Sexto Cal. Septembres.’ At bottom : Impetratum est ab Illustriss. S. Veneto ne lice at cuh| has ephemeridas imprimere nec lati- no sermoe nec uulgario &c. ut I priuilegio. In the whole, 59 leaves. This is a beautiful copy, splendidly bound in red morocco, with yellow morocco inside lining, by C. Lewis. 1311. Proverbia cum Commentario R. Imma- nuel filii Salomonis. Hebraice. IVitliout Date or Place — hut supposed to he printed at Naples, in 1487- The preface of Immanuel occupies, in the Hebrew manner of reckon- ing, the recto of the first leaf: on the reverse, the sacred text begins, in a larger character, with points; preceded by an ornamented border, having the first word—— in the centre, upon a white ground. This text is printed in double columns, and the commentary (without points) in long lines. Of this commentary, an excellent character is given by Azulai; and it is a pity that the same commentator’s labours upon the Canticles, Pentateuch, Psalms, Prophets, Job, Ruth, Jeremiah, and Esther—‘all inedited, most rare, and almost unknown to biblio- s s VOL. II.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22006655_0327.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
