Athens, Onassis Library (GR)
: ΟΥΜ 34
ISTC No.ig00110000
AuthorGaza, Theodorus
TitleGrammatica introductiva [Greek]. Add: Gaza: De mensibus [Greek]; Apollonius Dyscolus: De constructione [Greek]; Herodianus: De numeris [Greek]
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 25 Dec. 1495
Formatf°
Languagegrc
SubjectGrammar
KeywordsGreek; Education; Collection
Periodhumanist
Description of Copy
Copy Id02013833
Holding InstitutionAthens, Onassis Library (GR)
ShelfmarkΟΥΜ 34
NoteFirst edition of Theodoros Gazis’s (circa 1400-1475) Grammar and the only one, together with the Περὶ μηνῶν, of his Greek writings to be printed before 1500. It is a grammar text-book he himself composed while teaching in Ferrara, and it represents the fifth printed grammar composed by Greeks with the aim of acquainting Westerners with the Greek language, such as E. Chrysoloras (1471); K. Laskaris (1476); D. Chalkokondyles (circa 1493) and M. Moschopoulos (about 1493).
This edition, printed at Aldus Manutius’s printing house in Venice, the second incunable from Aldine press in chronological order, which, besides the Περὶ μηνῶν and the two works by Apollonius of Alexandria, also comprises the Περὶ τῶν ἀριθμῶν by Herodianus: a treatise that had not been printed in its entirety except in substantial encyclopaedias such as the Thesaurus of Errikos Stephanos (1572). Gazis’s Grammar was the text book used in the humanist schools of Venice, Florence and elsewhere and was repeatedly reprinted at N. Glykys’s and D. Theodosios’s Greek printing houses in Venice.
Also bound with this copyBembus, Petrus: De Aetna dialogus. - Venice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, Feb. 1495/96 [ib00304000]
Notecreated by Vicky Gerontopoulou and Vasiliki Vichou
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Other Identifier10562 (GW)
Provenance
1537 -
Areae-it
Time period1537 -
Provenance TypeInscription
Motto
NoteIn leaf 1r there is an inscription of probably an Italian owner in brown ink: "1537 30 Novembris Rome. Nunc est alterius qui meus ante fuit" (and signature).
Date of evidence1537
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1837 -
1879
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period1837 - 1879
Provenance nameLeon Melas, 1812-1879 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, Politician, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe information comes from K.S.Staikos "Greek Library, The Konstantinos Sp. Staikos Book Collection henceforth The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Library", Athens: Aton publications, 2011, record no 5.
Date of evidence2011
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1970 -
2009
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period1970 - 2009
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Ex libris Κ. Σπ. Στάικος" (in greek)
StampsStamp of Konstantinos Staikos.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
2009- -
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period2009- -
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Κοινωφελές Ίδρυμα Αλέξανδρος Σ. Ωνάσης Εκ της Βιβλιοθήκης" (in greek)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
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