Chrysoloras (Manuel) Erotemata, [edited by Guarinus Veronensis], double column, 32 ff. (of 33, lacking final blank), 31 lines, Greek and Roman types, early ink marginalia in Greek and Latin and fingerposts, a few unobtrusive wormholes, some staining and spotting, [BMC V, 390; Goff C-494; HC 5020], Peregrinus de Pasqualibus [and Dionysius Bertrochus], 5 February, 1484 bound after [Aurelius Victor (Sextus)] [although here attributed to Pliny the Younger] De viris illustribus, 16 ff., 35 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letter, worm trace to head of a1-b1 small worm trace to upper inner corner of text with loss of a few letters, scattered wormholes within text, some staining, [BMC V, 352; Goff A-1389; HC 13118], Venice, [?Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio], 14 January, 1485-1486 and Colatius (Matthaeus) Opuscula, 24 ff., 33 lines, Roman type, woodcut decorative initial, initial spaces with guide-letter, occasional early ink marginalia and notes to final verso, marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, [BMC V, 400; Goff C-750; HC 5476], Venice, Bernardinus Rizus, 1486, together 3 works in 1 vol., early ink notes, drawings, and inscriptions to endpapers and rear pastedown, near contemporary blind-stamped calf-backed wooden boards, remains of clasps, later paper label to length of spine, spine ends worn, wormed and rubbed, small 4to
⁂ A sammelband of three rare works at auction. The first mentioned is an edition of the first basic Greek grammar printed for use in western Europe. It was studied by leading humanists, including Thomas Linacre of Oxford and Erasmus. The second work, originally attributed to Pliny the Younger ('The Epistles and Panegyricus of Pliny, which Hain notes as forming part of this volume, have no real existence and are due to an error in the entry of Panzer taken over by Hain'(BMC)), is a series of short moralistic anecdotes using notable Romans as subjects. The third item is a collection of letters and rhetorical works.