Curiosities of the Royal Library at Dresden

Rosy was Ausonius before, dirty with blemishes;
Now he returns to the light shining.
Because the eloquence of our Julius corrected the work,
Now the distinguished ornament of the Latin language.
To whom the famous poets are known: to whom the stars are known:
And to whom the orators and cosmographers are open.
He who thus holds the deeds of the ancients, and watching protects them
So that you might rightly say they were done in their own time.

466.) Alphabetum, & preces pro pueris. Alphabet and prayers for children. Johannem Hertzog. Anno Domini 1494. 4. With Gothic letters, 8 leaves.

We list this old A b c book as a supplementum supplement to Mr. Maittaire's Annalibus Typographicis Annals of Typography. It is provided with vignettes on the margins of the first and last pages, and the initial letters are provided with crude woodcuts. After the A b c stands the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Creed, the Ten Commandments in 4 hexameters, the morning blessing, the Mass prayer, Psalms, and so on.

467.) Donatus, sive Partes Orationis. Donatus, or Parts of Speech. Zu Ende stehet: Impressum Venetiis per At the end it stands: Printed in Venice by [Matthæo Maler]. Anno a reconciliata Divinitate millesimo quingentesimo vicesimo tertio In the year of the reconciled divinity 1523 4. With very large Gothic missal letters. 34 leaves.

In the Thesauro Bibliothecali Library Treasury Vol. I. pagg. 179, a book printed by Matthæus Maler is reviewed, from which it can be seen that this Maler had stayed in Erfurt, and practiced his art there. He has been left out in the authors who have written about the book printers.

Shall I relate his morals to Fabritius? Worthy of rigid Cato,
And to live in ancient times.
Which pleased our Duke, whose prudence
Did not want the man to be without gifts.
For the leader established worthy stipends for the man
Unconquered, the greatest for great talents.
Therefore if you are wise, reader, now you will join the leagues
You will find a heart of true friendship.

Zu Ende stehet: Ex Officina Matthei Maler At the end it stands: From the workshop of Mattheus Maler