Byzantine and Christian Museum :: Permanent exhibition .::. Intellectual and Artistic Activity in the 15th century
The Great Etymologicon, or the Great Grammar Book (01646)
Exhibition room: III Intellectual and Artistic Activity in the 15th century
Date: 1710
Dimensions (cm): 28,5Χ20,5
Provenance: Venice
Creator: Printing Press of Antonio Vortoli
This is an exceptionally rare edition of an important work, whose first edition (editio princeps) in 1499, produced in Venice by the printing press belonging to the Cretans Zaxarias Kalliergis and Nikolaos Blastos, was a significant Greek publishing achievement. The year in which this book was printed the well-known and important printing press owned by Gianniotis Nikolaos Saros in Venice had already been bought by Antonio Vortoli.