[Rarebooks] For Sale: Early Scholarship in France

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Budaeus (or, Bude), Gulielmus
COMMENTARII LINGUAE GRAECAE.....Indice Latino, & Graeco...  Basle: Jo. Bebelii (Johannes Bebel). March, 1530.Folio.  ff. (28), 1424 double page columns, ff. (2).  Title and verso of colophon with a large woodcut device.  Text throughoutin Greek and Latin.  With the final two leaves, the penultimate entirely in Greek, and the final leaf of colophon.  Bound in17th century speckled calf, ornately gilt spine.  Covers somewhat rubbed and some minor chips at spine extremities.Hinges are perfectly sound.  With the contemporary ink signature of "Nich. Rubis" on the title, and with the 19th. century armorial 
bookplate of Edward Davenport. The triple column index at front (25 leaves) contains a considerable number of ink 
marginal notes. Title leaf with some old soiling but overall a very good clean copy.
$1500
Bude's (1467-1540) commentaries on the Greek language; it has been called a monument of the New Learning.First printed in Paris in September of 1529, the text was reprinted quickly.  There are 3 folio editions in the year 1530, 
Basle, Cologne, and Venice (October).  Ours (March, 1530) is recorded as the second edition by both VD 16 (B9086) and Adams (B3094).Currently there is 1 copy on-line of our edition, but it is defective, lacking the final two printed leaves and with other condition 
issues.  See PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN #60.

Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464Santa Monica, CA 90406kkarmiole at yahoo.com310-266-1910