Quarto. Pt. I, sign. [A-H^8, I^6] not printed, but stamped
irregularly on the extreme lower margin and partially cut away in
the binding, 70 leaves. Pt. II, sign, a-g^8, and four unsigned
leaves at the end, 60 leaves. Pt. III, sign. a-b^8, C-D^8, E^6, 38
leaves, the Greek text and the word-for-word Latin translation in
two parallel columns. Both the Greek and the Latin have 25 lines to
the page or column. Two- to five-line spaces for capitals, with
guide-letters, in both texts, but no rubrication. Two pinholes.
Hain *265+272. Pellechet 185+192. Proctor, Printing of Greek in the
15th cent., p. 60.
This is the first printed edition of any of the Greek classics, and the
third book printed entirely in Greek, or in Greek with a Latin
translation; the first being the Grammar of Lascaris, Milan, 1476, and
the second the Lexicon of Crastonus not later than 1478. All three were
printed with the same font of Greek type made by, or under the
supervision of, Demetrius Damilas, the son of Milanese parents settled
in Crete.
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