The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 13

Case VI.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Italy

Case VI.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Italy,

1.	Lactantius. Opera.—Printed in the Monastery of Subiaco, near Rome, by Sweynheym and Pannartz, in 1465. The first book printed in Italy with a date. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
2.	Livy.—Printed at Rome, by Sweynheym and Pannartz, about 1469. The only copy known to exist on vellum. Printed for Pope Alexander VI., when Vice-Chancellor of the Roman See and Abbot of the Monastery of Subiaco, where the above-named printers took up their abode, and introduced the art of printing into Italy. In 1815, the present volume was sold for,£903. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
3.	Cicero. Tusculanæ questiones.—Printed at Rome by Ulrich Han, in 1469. From the library of King George III.
4.	St. Augustine. De Salute.—Printed at Treviso by Girardus de Lisa, in 1471. The first book printed at Treviso. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
5.	Dante. Divina Comedia.—Printed at Foligno, by Joannes Numeister, in 1472. The first edition of this work. From the library of King George III.page 12
6.	Virgilius. Opera.—Printed at Modena by Johannes Vurster de Campidona, in 1475. The first book printed at Modena. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
7.	Lascaris. Greek Grammar.—Printed at Milan by Diouyeius Paravisini, in 1476. First edition of the first book printed in Greek characters. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
8.	Æsop's Fables.—Printed at Milan, about 1480. The first edition of the first Greek classic printed. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
9.	Liber Psalmorum.—Printed at Milan in 1481. The first printed portion of the Holy Scriptures in Greek, executed at the expense of Bonaccursius Pisanus. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.
10.	Cicero. Epistolæ familiares.—On vellum. The first of the two editions printed by Johannes de Spira, in 1469, and the first book printed at Venice. According to Van Praet, six copies, only, on vellum are known, and not more than ten or twelve on paper. From the library of King George III.
11.	Tacitus.—First edition. Printed at Venice by Johannes de Spira, about 1469. The earliest book in which catchwords are found. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
12.	Cicero. Epistolæ ad Atticuni, Brutum et Quintum Fratrem.—Printed at Venice by Nicolas Jenson, in 1470. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
13.	Virgil.—Printed at Venice by Aldus, in April, 1501. The first book printed in Italic types, and the earliest attempt to produce cheap books by compressing the matter into a small space, and reducing the size of the page. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
14.	Petrarch. Opere volgari.—Printed at Fano by Hieronvmo Soncino, 1503, in Italic type cut by Francesco da Bologna. In this very rare volume, the printer unjustly accuses Aldus of having claimed for himself the merit of the invention of the Italic character, which was due to Francesco da Bologna. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.page 13
15.	Ovid. Opera.—Printed at Bologna by Baldassare Azzoguidi, in 1471. The only perfect copy known. Bequeathed by the Bight Hon. Thomas Grenville.
16.	Petrarch. Trionfi.—Printed at Lucca by Bartholomew de Civitali, in 1477. The first book printed at Lucca. From the library of King George III.
17.	Pulci. Morgante Maggiore.—Printed at Florence in 1482. The first edition of the twenty-eight cantos published under the supervision of the author, the first twenty-five cantos having been surreptitiously printed by Luca Veneziano in 1481. Bequeathed by the Bight Hon. Thomas Grenville.
18.	Greek Anthology.—On vellum. First edition. Printed in capitals by Laurentius de Alopa, at Florence, in 1494. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode.

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