Bibliotheca Spenceriana; Or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of Many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. &c. &c. &c, Volume 2author, 1814 |
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Page 321 - ... At Damascus the treacherous governor delivers to Parmenion the treasures of Darius and many high-born captives, whom the governor had cruelly treated. He is killed by one of his accomplices and his head taken to Darius (xiii). QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS HISTORIARUM ALEXANDRI MAGNI MACEDONIS LIBER III I. Inter haec Alexander, ad conducendum ex Peloponneso militem Cleandro cum pecunia misso, Lyciae Pamphyliaeque rebus compositis ad urbem Celaenas1 2 exercitum admovit. Media ilia tempestate moenia interfluebat...
Page 162 - ... si non aurea sunt iuvenum simulacra per aedes lampadas igniferas manibus retinentia dextris, lumina nocturnis epulis ut suppeditentur...
Page 162 - Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, nec casia liquidi corrumpitur usus olivi; at secura quies et nescia fallere vita, dives opum variarum, at latis otia fundis, speluncae vivique lacus...
Page 51 - Askew collection, is the following note. " This book is so extremely rare, that I never saw any other copy of it except that of Mons. de Boze, who told me he gave 650 livres for it. Mr. Smith, our consul at Venice, wrote me word that he had purchased a copy, but that it was imperfect. Lord Oxford offered Mr. Maittaire fifty guineas for this identical copy.
Page 262 - Bibliographers have not failed to describe, in rather glowing language, the beauty and value of this impression; which is probably, considering its bulk, the chef-d'oeuvre of the celebrated artist who executed it.
Page 56 - I dare affirm that whoever examines the whiteness of the paper, the fineness of the character, the elegant disposition of the matter, the exact distance between the lines, the large margin, and, in short, the whole performance, with its various ornaments, will easily own it a masterpiece in that kind.
Page 111 - The collector of the early pieces of the celebrated printer of this Edition need not lament the want of any other specimen of his press, if he be fortunate cr.ough to possess the present rare and very beautiful production of it.
Page 480 - Musam meditaris avena ; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : nos patriam fugimus ; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Page 309 - Efflagitasti cotidiano conuicio, ut libros, quos ad Marcellum meum de institutione oratoria scripseram, iam emittere inciperem. Nam ipse eos nondum opinabar satis maturuisse, quibus componendis, ut scis, paulo plus quam biennium tot alioqui negotiis districtus inpendi: quod tempus non tam stilo quam inquisitioni operis prope infiniti, et legendis auctoribus, qui sunt innumerabiles, datum est.