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Ueber die Unächtheit des Druckdatums ließ noch ausführlicherDibdin sich vernehmen, welcher S. 143. des 3 Theils ber Biblio-tlieca Spenceriana (London 1814), in welche Sammlung dasBuch übergegangen war, Folgendes beibrachte:

„296. Lucanus. Printed at Halle. 1472. (Spurious Date.)„Quarto.

„It 18 rather extraordinary that Count Reviczky , at p. 78-9„of his Bibl. Gr. et Lat. should apparcntly have atta-„ched sorne little iniportance to an edition like the pro-„sent, which has, palpably, a spurious date subjoined."

Nach Anführung der obigen Stelle in Panzer und einerBeschreibung der Druckeinrichtung giebt Dibdin die Unterschrist

Halae. MCCCCXXXAI.

und schließt folgendermaßen:

„Immediately below which, is the device of the printer;„being two shields suspendcd to a bough — on one of„them a half moon, star, and circle — on the other the„town of Halle — both the back grounds, black. I have„no hesitation in calling the foregoing a sorged date.„In the first placc, it is seldom if ever that books of„ this period have a titular commencement like the pro-„sent one. In the second placc, the Ielter is of that„character that belongs to the dose of the XVth cen-„tury; being sharp, and in the form of Secretary Gothic.

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