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Literary Blunders

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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LISTS OF ERRATA.
THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.
It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.
One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.
A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.
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Literary Blunders

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Literary Blunders is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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LISTS OF ERRATA.
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THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.
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It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.
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One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.
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A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

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Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.”

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1478

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

1507

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

1561

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

79

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

a

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

ac

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

accounted

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

ae

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

Alduses

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Aleria

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Anatomia

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

and

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Andreas

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

are

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

as

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

at

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

be

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

been

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

Bishop

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

blundering

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

book

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

by

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Campanus

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

case

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

contains

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

corrected

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

early

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

easily

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

edition

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

entitled

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

ERRATA

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From this reading LISTS OF ERRATA.

fact

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

fifteen

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

first

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

folio

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

for

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

found

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

Gabriel

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

had

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

hundred

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

in

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

is

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

It

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

Juvenal

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

Knoblauch

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

LISTS

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From this reading LISTS OF ERRATA.

little

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

longest

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

Merula

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

Mirandula

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

Miss

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

Missalis

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

mistakes

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

not

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

notes

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

numerous

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

occupies

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

OF

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From this reading LISTS OF ERRATA.

on

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

One

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

only

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

others

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

p

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

pages

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

passage

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

pen

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

Perottus

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Picus

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

Pierre

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

press

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

previously

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

printed

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

recollect

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

record

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

said

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

scholars

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

seventy-two

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

Stephenses

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Strasburg

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

such

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

superintended

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

that

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

THE

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

their

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

these

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

this

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

through

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

Venice

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

we

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

were

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

when

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From this reading THE errata of the early printed books are not numerous, and this fact is easily accounted for when we recollect that these books were superintended in their passage through the press by scholars such as the Alduses, Andreas, Bishop of Aleria, Campanus Perottus, the Stephenses, and others.

which

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

will

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

with

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From this reading It is said that the first book with a printed errata is the edition of _Juvenal_, with notes of Merula, printed by Gabriel Pierre, at Venice, in 1478; previously the mistakes had been corrected by the pen.

works

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From this reading One of the longest lists of errata on record, which occupies fifteen folio pages, is in the edition of the works of Picus of Mirandula, printed by Knoblauch, at Strasburg, in 1507.

worse

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From this reading A worse case of blundering will be found in a little book of only one <p 79>hundred and seventy-two pages, entitled _Miss<ae> ac Missalis Anatomia_, 1561, which contains fifteen pages of errata.

Chapter 5 of Literary Blunders by Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 5 holds 118 sentences of Literary Blunders, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

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Blunders
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General
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Words
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Blunder''
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