Portion of title romanized from Greek characters.

Edited by Markos Mousouros.

Includes in Part I: Greek exercise letters and letters, genuine and supposititious, of Synesius, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristoteles, Philippus Rex Macedonum, Alexander Magnus, Hippocrates, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Crates, Anacharsis, Euripides, Pythagoraei, Alciphron, Philostratus, Theophylactus Simocatta, Aelianus, Aeneas Gazaeus, Procopius Gazaeus, Dionysius Antiochenus, Lysis Pythagoraeus, Amasis, Musonius. Part II: Basilius Magnus, Libanius, Chion, Aeschines, Isocrates, Phalaris, Pythagoras, Brutus, Apollonius Tyaneus, Julianus imperator, and Lex de archiatris

Part 2 has title: Epistolai, Basileiou tou megalou, Libaniou tou sophistou, Chionos tou Platonikou, Aischinou kai Isokratous ton rhetoron, Phalaridos tou tyraunou, Broutou Romaiou, Apolloniou tou tyaneos, Ioulianou tou parabatou = Epistolae, Basilii Magni, Libanii rhetoris, Chionis Platonici, Aeschinis & Isocratis oratorum, Phalardis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonii Tyanensi, Iuliani Apostatae.

Part 1 colophon: Venetiis apud Aldum mense Martio M.ID. cum priuilegio ut in caeteris.

Part 2 colophon: Enetiesi kai touto par Aldo tois ... = Venetiis apud Aldum. eade[m] qua caetera co[n]ditione.

Signatures: part 1: *́œ [alpha]-[epsilon]℗£℗ø [digamma]℗£℗ø [zeta]-[eta]́ı [theta]℗£́ʻ [iota]-[tau]́ı 2[tau]́œ [upsilon]-[omega]́ı [Alpha]-[Gamma]́ı [Delta]́þ; part 2: ℗ø[alpha]-[epsilon]́ı [zeta]-[eta]́œ [theta]-[rho]́ı [sigma]́œ.

Chancery quarto; [alpha]3 recto: 26 lines, 148 x 100 mm; types: 114Gk, 114R; initial spaces with guide letters.

"Epistolares stili & nomina eoru[m] qui co[m]posueru[n]t quas hoc uolumen continet epistolas. Synesius, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristoteles, Philippus, Alexander, Hippocrates, Democritus, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Crates, Anacharsis, Euripides, Theano, Melissa, Mya, Alciphron, Philostratus, Theophylactus, Aelianus, Aeneas, Procopius, Dionysius, Lysis, Amasis, Musonius ..."--Part 1, leaf [2] recto.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, 560

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, entry 09367

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry E64

Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ie00064000

cataloged 2019 jm

condition reviewed 20200203 cl