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CONTINENTAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

The Property of a European Collector
Lot 124

CHRYSOLORAS (EMANUEL)
Ἐρωτήματα [Erotemata. Incipit:] '[Ε]ἰς πόσα διαρου̂νται τὰ εἰκοσιτέσσερα γράμματα...', [colophon:] Florence, Lorenzo di Alopa, [c.1496]

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CHRYSOLORAS (EMANUEL)

Ἐρωτήματα [Erotemata. Incipit:] '[Ε]ἰς πόσα διαρου̂νται τὰ εἰκοσιτέσσερα γράμματα...', 64 leaves, 22 lines, Greek type, capital space on 1r, very light browning throughout, inscription cut from top of fly-leaf, dark purple straight-grained morocco by Gruel (signed at foot of spine), sides with wide gilt outer borders and quatrefoil tool in each corner, double gilt rule inner panel, ornate gilt panelled spine with 5 raised bands, inner gilt dentelles and red silk endpapers, g.e., slightly rubbed in places [ISTC ic00490000; BMC VI 668; Goff C490; GW 6694; Hain 5016; Proctor 6413], 8vo (158 x 110mm.), [colophon:] Florence, Lorenzo di Alopa, [c.1496]

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A FINE AND RARE COPY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GREEK GRAMMAR OF THE RENAISSANCE. The Byzantine scholar Emanuel Chrysoloras (c.1355-1415) was born in Constantinople, and came to Florence in 1397 to teach Greek, where his pupils included Leonardo Bruni and Palla Strozzi. His Erotemata ('Questions') was the first basic Greek grammar in use in Western Europe, and was first printed in Venice by Adam de Ambergau around 1471. There are nine incunable editions listed on ISTC, but only four copies in total have appeared at auction in the post war period, none of which were the present edition.





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