Description
Priscianus. Libri Omnes, collation: [*8 **6] a-z A-O8 P6 (P4 blank), italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and to verso of colophon f., with final blank, initial spaces with guide-letters, faded early ink marginalia, water-stained at head, occasional light foxing or spotting, 19th century half vellum, lightly soiled, small 4to, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], May, 1527.
⁂ Priscian's work was the standard Latin grammar in schools up to the sixtenth century. It is important for its preservation of numerous fragments from Cato, Varro, and Lucilius, amongst others, which otherwise would have been lost.
Literature: Adams P2113; Ahmanson-Murphy 243; Renouard, Alde, 103:2; EDIT 16 CNCE 47512.
Description
Priscianus. Libri Omnes, collation: [*8 **6] a-z A-O8 P6 (P4 blank), italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and to verso of colophon f., with final blank, initial spaces with guide-letters, faded early ink marginalia, water-stained at head, occasional light foxing or spotting, 19th century half vellum, lightly soiled, small 4to, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], May, 1527.
⁂ Priscian's work was the standard Latin grammar in schools up to the sixtenth century. It is important for its preservation of numerous fragments from Cato, Varro, and Lucilius, amongst others, which otherwise would have been lost.
Literature: Adams P2113; Ahmanson-Murphy 243; Renouard, Alde, 103:2; EDIT 16 CNCE 47512.
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