tration of the first Greek type of Aldus there is joined to
this collection a finely executed manuscript facsimile on vellum of his
_Musaeus_ of 1495, his second book (preceded by the Grammar of
Lascaris), but the first in which the font appeared in its completed
state. From the Syston Park library. Bound by Bozerian Jeune, in blue
morocco extra.

28. SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri,
1514.

TITLE: LIBRI DE RE RVSTICA. M. CATONIS LIB. I. M. TERENTII VARRONIS LIB.
III. L. IVNII MODERATI COLVMELLAE LIB. XII. Eiusdem de arboribus liber
separatus ab alijs, quare autem id factum fuerit: ostenditur in
epistola ad lectorem. PALLADII LIB. XIIII. De duobus dierum generibus:
simulq_ue_ de umbris, et horis, quae apud Palladium, in alia epistola ad
lectorem. Georgij Alexandrini enarrationes priscarum dictionum, quae in
his libris Catonis: Varronis: Columellae. [Aldine anchor]. Hos libros
Pontificis etiam Leonis decreto, nequis alius usquam locorum impune
imprimat, cautum est. _Fol. 308^a_: COLOPHON: VENETIIS IN AEDIBVS ALDI
ET ANDREAE SOCERI MENSE MAIO M.D.XIIII. [Aldine anchor on verso].

Quarto. Sign. *, aa, bb^8, cc^{10}, a-h^8, i^4, k-z, A-Q^8. 8
unnumbered preliminary leaves containing title, privilege of Leo X.
countersigned by P. Bembo, papal secretary, preface of the editor,
Fra Giocondo, addressed to Leo X., _Aldus lectori_ (two epistles,
the first relating to the position of the _De arboribus_ of
Columella, an independent treatise, in previous editions inserted
in his _De re rustica_ as liber lii, but here correctly placed
after that work, the second, to the hours of Palladius, varying in
length with the seasons, and the use of the gnomon in determining
them), _errata_; 26 unnumbered leaves (preceded by a second title
with anchor and mention of the privileges of Alexander VI., Julius
II. and Leo. X.) containing explanations of unfamiliar words and
table of contents, last leaf blank; 308 numbered leaves of text,
Sign. * is not included in the register on fol. 308^a and being
followed by a second title-page its absence, if accidentally
omitted, might pass unnoticed. Italic letter, 39 lines to the page,
six- to seven-line spaces with guide-letters left for the initials
of the thirty books, which in the present copy are supplied in gold
and colors. Numerous paragraph-marks in alternate red