With the first of these, Jenson's
edition agrees in the number of pages and of lines to the page. From the
second he reprinted the letter addressed by the editor Johannes Andreas,
Bishop of Aleria, to his patron Pope Paul II., and the earnest appeal
for care on the part of any who should reprint his Pliny, "_ne ad priora
menda et tenebras inextricabiles tanti sudoris opus relabatur_." Fifteen
more editions were printed before the close of the 15th century.
Jenson's Pliny is generally regarded as the finest production of his
press. The type is his first font.
The Wodhull copy, bought of Thomas Payne, book-seller, in 1791 for
L12.12s., and bound by Roger Payne in russia gilt, with Wodhull arms on
side, at the additional cost of L1. Leaf 15-1/4 x 10-1/4 in.
12. NONIUS MARCELLUS. De compendiosa doctrina. Venetiis, Nicolaus
Jenson, 1476.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2-20, alphabetical index._ _Fol. 21, blank._
_Fol. 22^a_: NONII MARCELLI PERIPATETICI TIBVRTICENSIS COMPENDIOSA
DOCTRINA AD FILIVM DE PROPRIETATE SERMONVM. _Fol. 194^a_, COLOPHON:
NONII MARCELLI PERIPATETICI TIBVRTICENSIS COMPENDIOSA DOCTRINA AD FILIVM
DE PROPRIETATE SERMONVM IMPRESSA VENETIIS INDVSTRIA ATQVE IMPENDIO
NICOLAI IENSON GALLICI.
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