ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS THESAURUS CORNUCOPIAE OF 1496 : : containing the first appearance in English of the prologue in which Aldus announces his plans to publish the first printed editions of Aristotle's works and describes his Thesaurus as containing "practically everything that anyone could desire in order to achieve perfect knowledge of Greek literature."
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1958. Limited Edition. Hardcover. NF. Item #16559
Near fine book. Original glassine wrapper present but in poor condition.. ; first edition. Limited edition of 360 copies, this one unnumbered. ; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; Subjects: Printing -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- Origin and antecedents. Printing, Greek -- Italy -- Venice. Greek type. Notes:"Facsimile pages of the Latin prologue and specimen pages of the Greek text from the Thesaurus cornucopiae in the Brewster House typographical collection." Description:14, [17] pages : facsimiles ; 19 cm Other Titles:Thesauros.Thesauros cornucopiae. Responsibility: translated by Antje Lemke. Introd. by Donald P. Bean.
Price: $37.00