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28. Christopher de Canibus printed at Pavia from 1484 to 1499. In 1484 and 1485, he printed in partnership with Stephanus de Georgiis.

29. The monogram of Hercules Nani, who printed at Bologna in 1492, 1493, and 1494.

30. The mark of Giovanni Antonio de Benedetti, or Johannes Antonius Platonides de Benedictis, who printed at Bologna in 1499. 31. The monogram of Giovanni Antonio Campano.

32. The mark of John Clein, a German printer, settled at Lyon in 1489, 1498, and 1499.

33. Johannes Hamman de Landoja, called Hertzog, printed in partnership with John Emerich de Spira, in 1487: he afterwards executed several works by himself until 1498.

34. John Poitevin printed at Paris in 1498. 35. The monogram of John de Kemmat.

Explanation of the annexed Monograms.-No. II.

1. The mark of Justinian de Ruberia, who printed at Bologna from 1495 to 1499.

2. John Treschel, a German, printed at Lyon from 1488 to 1498. Santander (t. i. p. 386), noticing Johannes Teutonicus, who printed at Thoulouse in 1479, suspects the latter to be the same person as John Treschel.

3. The monogram of John de Vingle, a native of Picardy, who printed at Lyons from 1495 to 1499.

4. Leonard de Gerla, or Gerlis, or Gerula, of Pavia, printed in

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that city in 1494 and 1498.

5. Laurentius Rubeus de Valentia printed at Venice in 1482.

6. The mark of Lazaro Suardo or de Suardis, who printed at Milan at the close of the 15th century.

7. Matthew de Codeca, or Capsaca, of Parma, printed several works at Venice between the years 1482 and 1495.

8. The monogram of Mainard Hugunt.

9. The mark of an unknown printer, according to Orlandi; perhaps of Dominicus de Nivaldis and sons, who printed Æsopi Fabulæ Latino carmine, at Montereale, in Sicily, in 1481.

10. Nicholas de Francfordia printed at Venice, in partnership with Francis de Hailbrun from 1473 to 1477; afterwards alone to the end of the 15th century.

11. The mark of Dionysio Berrichelli.

12. Ottaviano Scotto (Octavianus Scottus) of Monza, printed at Venice from 1480 to the end of the 15th century.

13. The monogram of Peregrino de Pasqualibus, a Bolognese; he printed at Venice from 1483 to 1494, and was for some time in partnership with Dionysius de Bertochis.

14. The mark of Philip Pinzi, or Pincio (Philippus Pincius de Caneto), of Mantua; he printed at Venice from 1490 to 1500. 15. The monogram of Nicholas Reffler, a German, who printed in his native country: Orlandi has not indicated in what place, nor does any notice of him occur in Santander.

16. The mark of Henricus de Sancto Ursio, of Vicenza; where he printed from 1480 to 1499. Santander conjectures him to be the

same person as Henricus Liberarius or Librarius, of whose press works are extant from 1480 to 1486.

17. The monogram of Theobald Feger.

18. Thierry, or Theodore Martens, of Alost, was the first printer in the Netherlands: he printed at Alost, in 1474, at Antwerp, in 1476, 1493, and 1494, and also at Louvain towards the end of the 15th and early in the 16th century.

19. Ugo de Rugeriis, of Reggio, printed at Pisa in 1494, and at his native town in 1500.

20. Nicholas Wolf. He printed at Paris in 1499.

21. The monogram of Victor Vanozzi, an Italian printer of the 15th century.

22. That of Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, who printed at Venice, in partnership, from 1480 to 1503. A considerable number of works issued from their presses. A few works were executed by Johannes de Gregoriis and Jacobus Britannicus of Brescia, in 1483 and 1484.

23. Johannes de Cereto of Tridino, aliàs Tacuinus. He printed at Venice from 1492 to 1500.

24. The mark of Jodocus Badius Ascensius, a learned and celebrated printer: after exercising his art at Lyon, in conjunction with his father-in-law John Trechsel, he settled at Paris, and printed there from 1495 to 1500.

25. That of F. Plato de Benedictis, who printed at Bologna from 1487 to 1500, chiefly in partnership with Benedict Hectoris.

26. The mark of Antony Bladius, who was a different person from Badius Ascensius, mentioned in No. 24.

27. The mark of Georgius Arrivabenus, or de Rivabeni, who printed at Venice towards the close of the 15th century.

28. This monogram evidently belongs to Bertholdus Remboldt, who printed at Paris, in partnership with Ulric Gerin, from 1484 to 1509; it is also found in some works executed by Claude Chevelon, who married Remboldt's widow, and, succeeding to his bu siness, continued to make use of his device.

29. The initials of Borde and Arnaud, two associated printers at Lyon.

30. The device of Charlotte Guillard, widow of Berthold Remboldt, by whom she was taught the art of printing: she afterwards married Chevelon in 1520, and in 1542 was again left a widow. Her best works were executed during her second widowhood; particularly a Latin bible, with the notes of John Benedicti ; and the works of Gregory, in two volumes, so correct, that the errata consist of only three faults.

31. The mark of Christian Kirchner; and 32. that of Dominico Zio, of whom nothing certain is now known.

33. Francis Reynaud of Rouen.

34. Francis Rossi (Franciscus de Rubeis), who printed at Venice, in partnership with Alovisius de Rubeis in 1499.

35. This mark Orlandi assigns to Guillaume Boule; where or when he exercised his art is now unknown.

Explanation of the annexed Monograms, &c.-No. III.

1. The device of Gabriel Giolito, a learned and industrious printer of Ferrara.

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