An essay on colophons : with specimens and translation . t, not to reproach us therefor, if they will notpraise us for the great trouble which we have expended. Per-fection reigns only in God. No doubt the early printers and the editors whom theyemployed made the most of all these difficulties; yet theymust have been real enough, so that, despite the affectedlanguage in which it is phrased, the colophon of NicolasKessler of Basel to his edition of the Homeliarius Doc-torum,, may well command our sympathy. mor ajcimtliaitoregeTRomanop inuidiiiimo)1@oti<gif in facto:eliuo:(0 tracru0acuko:tbeo
An essay on colophons : with specimens and translation . t, not to reproach us therefor, if they will notpraise us for the great trouble which we have expended. Per-fection reigns only in God. No doubt the early printers and the editors whom theyemployed made the most of all these difficulties; yet theymust have been real enough, so that, despite the affectedlanguage in which it is phrased, the colophon of NicolasKessler of Basel to his edition of the Homeliarius Doc-torum,, may well command our sympathy. mor ajcimtliaitoregeTRomanop inuidiiiimo)1@oti<gif in facto:eliuo:(0 tracru0acuko:tbeomno oente concctiolni0infan(a0;Sedponu0beneficijn6mgraru0:ade]cbibiraOanariaO!fcrertont0ocuIo0adbibca3coliJbmo0»annoincarna/ttonieDntcet^rtlefimoquadringerefimo Etonagefinjooctofw&wrooBon^2Uifiuftr-finrtfclidr?r#. Homiliae. Basel: N. Kessler, 1498. 156 AN ESSAY ON COLOPHONS Preclarum Omeliarum opus plurimorum sanctorum aliorumuefamosissimorum doctorum super euangeliis de tempore et Sanc-tis, quibusdam eorundem adiunctis sermonibus, Tarn verborumornatu limatum, tamque sententiarum grauitate vbertatequesparsim plantatum, in mercuriali Nicolai Kessler officina Basileeimpressum (Imperante illustrissimo Maximiliano rege Roma-norum inuictissimo). Non igitur in factorem liuoris tractusaculeo theonino dente correctionis insanias, Sed potius beneficiinon ingratus ad exhibita donaria discretionis oculos adhibeascolumbinos. Anno incarnationis dominice millesimo quad-ringentesimo nonagesimo octauo decimo Nonas Augusti. Finitfeliciter. An excellent book of Homilies of many saints and other mostfamous teachers on the Gospels of the Seasons and the Saints,with certain of their sermons added, polished with verbal orna-ment and with weighty and fruitful sayings scattered all overit: printed in the mercurial wor
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