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185
Pagent Book
NYC
June 1984 $6.00
Apuleius, Lucius. Madaurensis, (A.D. 125-?)
Asinus aureus (Edited, with a commentary, by Phillippus
Beroaldus)
Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 1 Aug 1500 f.0
Ref: Goff A938 HC 1319 BMC VI 845 GW 2305
Cop: HEHL, NYPL, New L leaf 74 Liber Tertius Nii
(303x210mm) Hypothesis Sive Argumentum.
302 leaves, 21-302 numbered 1-282. Table in 4 col.
23a: 521. of commentary surrounding text, + headline
2309236)x149 (with marginalia 169) mm. (Issued in 3 varying states)
Types: 165G part of titles; 112 R [inserted] resembles Benadius 110 R. [end inserted]; 83(88)R.[inserted] black text type. [end inserted]
Greek. Captial spaces, with guide letters.
light open text type in the Venetian style.

-Although intended to form part of this ed., the table was
printed later than the bpdy of the book.
-Greek type - lower case only, without accents or breathings,
cut in imitation of Bonus Accursuis [inserted] distinguished Lamanist [end inserted] (Milan) 125 Gk.
Used throughout, with both text + commentary roman
*See Proctor, Printing of Greek p. 131.

The earliest date connected with Benedictus as a printer +
not only as a publisher is that of the Suctorius of 5 April
1493. Except for periods of quiescunce during the greater
part of 1495 + the last 5 months of 1496, his press
was pretty continuously at work until the end of the
century (1523-last mention) B. Hectoris (belonged to the
Faelli family) - from 1493 - works as a printer by himself.
Apuleius, Lucius (Apuleius Barbarus, A. Platonicus or Pseulo Apuleius)
4th C Roman botanist - his Roman Herbal,
a description of plants + their properties, became a
model for the medieval herbals.
Apuleius was the 3rd classical author to be printed, being
preceeded only by Cicero + Lactantius