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Book/Printed MaterialMousaiou Poiēmation ta kathērō kai Leandron, ho dē kai eis tēn Rhōmaiōn dialekton autolexei metōchetouthē. Musaei Opusculum de Herone & Leandro, quod & in Latinam linguam ad uerbum tralatum est.
Opusculum de Herone et Leandro Translated by Marcus Musurus. Signatures: a¹⁰ b¹². Quire a (Greek text) and quire b (Latin text), here interleaved with each other, were printed at different times. Cf. BM 15th cent. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-880 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 11653 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 552 (IA.24387) Library of…- Contributor: Musaeus - Manuzio, Aldo - Mousouros, Markos - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1495
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Book/Printed MaterialDie heyligen Reyssen gen Iherusalem zu dem heiligen Grab vnd furbass zu der hochgelobten Iungfrauwen vnd Mertreryn Sant Katheryn Title from colophon (leaf [164a]): ... Die heyligen Rey[ss]en gen Iherusalem zu dem heiligen Grab vnd furba[ss] zu der hochgelobten Iungfrauwen vnd Mertreryn sant Katheryn ... Printed with the type of Peter Schöffer. Illustrations, views, and maps from drawings by Erhard Reuwich. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 116 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1193 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3959 Catalogue of…- Contributor: Reuwich, Erhard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Breydenbach, Bernhard Von - Schöffer, Peter
- Date: 1486
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Book/Printed MaterialEpistolae et Evangelia. Leaf [1b]: In dem Namen des Herren Amen. Hie vahet sich an ein Plenari nach Ordnung d[er] heylige[n] cristenlichen Kirchen ... Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, E-76 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 69 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6737 (variation) Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 1728 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II,…- Contributor: Sorg, Anton - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1478
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Book/Printed MaterialOrthographia Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 216 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-395 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 15568 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15564 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 170 (variant IC.19648) LC copy: initials in preliminary treatise and paragraph marks throughout supplied in red and blue alternately; large ornamental…- Contributor: Seillière, Achille - Niédrée, Jean-Edouard - Tortelli, Giovanni - Jenson, Nicolas - Dunn, George - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1471
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Book/Printed MaterialBible (Old Testament) of the Ratisbon Dominican Order.
Biblia (aliquot libri veteris testamenti cum literis pictis figuras exhibentibus) This manuscript forms the first volume of a Latin Bible formerly in the possession of the Dominican Order at Ratisbon (now Regensburg). It comprises several books of the Old Testament as well as interpretations of biblical terms. The manuscript contains unusual miniatures by the noted German Renaissance painter Berthold Furtmeyr (active 1460--1501). Furtmeyr and his followers were important contributors to the ancient Ratisbon School…- Contributor: Furtmeyr, Berthold, Flourished
- Date: 1450-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe moost excellent treatise of the thre kynges of Coleyne.
Thre kynges of Coleyne Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 577 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-341 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3361 (variation) Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books, 398 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: F. Gray (bookplate); C.W. Dyson Perrins (bookplate).- Contributor: Worde, Wynkyn De - Gray, F. (Francis) - Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Joannes - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1499
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Book/Printed MaterialMissale Pragense. Printed in red and black. Canon of the mass ([8] leaves preceding leaf cli) printed on vellum. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 141 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-685 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 11263 (variation) Weale-Bohatta 796 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: one of 8 unnumbered leaves at beginning…- Contributor: Catholic Church - Sensenschmidt, Johann - Catholic Church. Missal - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Petzensteiner, Heinrich
- Date: 1489
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Book/Printed MaterialPreceptorium de Lira. Leaf [1a] (t.p.): Preceptorium de Lira. Attributed to Nicolas de Lyre in a number of early editions, but really the work of Henricus de Vrimaria. Cf. Lex. für Theologie und Kirche. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 429 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, N-142 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 3720 IGI 6840 Includes the anonymous Compendium de vita Antichristi (leaves…- Contributor: Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Nicholas - Heinrich - Le Dru, Pierre - Baquelier, Antoine - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1495
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Book/Printed MaterialTerenti[us] cu[m] directorio vocabuloru[m], sententiaru[m], artis comice, glosa i[n]terlineali Most of the illustrations are composed of small blocks used in different combinations, which differ slightly in the various copies of this edition. Imprint from colophon. "Directorio, Glosa i[n]terlineali, come[n]tarijs" and "Vocabuloru[m] sententiaru[m] artis comic[a]e," and "Donato Guidone Ascensio" are bracketed together on t.p. Signatures: a⁶ b-c⁸ d-z⁶ A-E⁶ F⁸ (F8 blank). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries T-94 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum 15431*…- Contributor: Badius, Josse - Grüninger, Johann - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Jouenneaux, Guy - Terence - Donatus, Aelius - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1496
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Book/Printed MaterialLetter to Philocrates.
Epistula ad Philocratem (Lateinische Ãœbersetzung des Mattia Palmieri) Under the influence of Italian humanism and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--1490), developed a passion for books and learning. Elected king of Hungary in 1458 at the age of 14, Matthias won great acclaim for his battles against the Ottoman Turks and his patronage of learning and science. He created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, in…- Contributor: Palmieri, Mattia - Aristeas
- Date: 1480-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialEx gestis Romanorum hystorie.
Gesta Romanorum Title from leaf [11a]. Signatures: []¹⁰ a-q⁸ r⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 523 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-283 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 7744 Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, 5253- Contributor: Barmentlo, Peregrinus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1481
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Book/Printed MaterialHui'an xian sheng yu lu lei yao : shi ba juan
晦菴先生語錄類要 : 十八卷 / | Table of contents has title: Xin bian Hui'an xian sheng yu lu lei yao | Xin bian Hui'an xian sheng yu lu lei yao In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 十一行十九字. Eleven lines, with nineteen characters per line. 原題:「勉齋黃先生門人括蒼葉士龍編次。」按是書四庫總目不載，諸家亦鮮者錄，北平圖書館僅有殘本。宋元學案卷六十三，稱:「士龍字雲叟號淡軒，括蒼人。後遷居長樂之唐石，從黃勉齋學，嘗為考亭書院堂長。先是朱子歿後，李氏輯刻其語錄於池陽，稍後有黃氏語類，楊氏語略，勉齋並致不滿。士龍從勉齋遊，得閒勉齋所聞於朱子者，因文公遺書，輯為語錄格言十九卷。後徐幾為改題今名，而去第十九卷之言兵事者，是書原有坊刻本，元大德六年，詹天祥依徐幾校本刻之;此則成化六年，婺源縣知縣韓儼重刻詹本者。韓儼跋後，題:「儒士汪道全書，古歙黃文敬刊。」卷內有:「公藏」，「新發田道學堂圖書印」兩印，日本舊藏本也。朱安(序)嘉熙二年(1238)，王遂(序)淳祐四年(1244)，詹天祥(跋)大德六年(1302)，韓儼(跋)成化六年(1470).- Contributor: Wang, Sui - Zhu, an - Ye, Shilong - Han, Yan - Zhan, Tianxiang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1470
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Book/Printed MaterialInstitutiones Graecae grammatices
Fratris Vrbani Bellunensis Ordinis Minorum Institutiones grammaticae | Institutiones grammaticae Imprint from colophon. See BM 15th cent. note on the year of printing. Signatures: a¹⁰ b-z⁸ &⁸ A⁸ B¹⁰ [C]². Errata on last 4 p. LC Batchelder copy 1 imperfect: leaf a2 with Aldus' letter to Pico Mirandula wanting. LC Vollbehr copy 2 has marginal ms. annotations and [30] p. of ms. Latin poetry bound in at end. Bound in vellum, with a ms.…- Contributor: Bolzanio, Urbano - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1497
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Book/Printed MaterialStultifera nauis ...
Stultifera navis Reprint of the first Latin ed. printed in Basel by J. Bergmann Mar. 1, 1497. Includes introductory and laudatory verses and additions by Brant and Locher. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 180 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1089 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3749 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 112 (IA.1459) Gesamtkatalog…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Grüninger, Johann - Brant, Sebastian - Locher, Jacob
- Date: 1497
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Book/Printed MaterialLa confession de frere Oliuier Maillard.
Confession de frere Olivier Maillard Signatures: a-b⁸. 36 lines. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 432 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-69 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: initials and paragraph marks supplied in red.- Contributor: Maillard, Olivier - Caillaut, Antoine - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1495
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Book/Printed MaterialTractato diuoto & tutto spirituale di frate Hieronymo da Ferrara ... in defensione & comendatione delloratione mentale. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 317 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-234 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5290 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 689 (IA.27959) Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 6810 LC copy: provenance: Baron Landau (bookplate).- Contributor: Morgiani, Lorenzo De - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Landau, Horace De - Savonarola, Girolamo
- Date: 1496
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Book/Printed MaterialSumma confessorum. Leaf [277b] (colophon): Hier enndet sich Su[m]ma Ioha[n]nis, die gezogen ist auss dem heyligen Decret Buch vnd von Latein in Tewtsch gemacht durch ... Bruder Berchtold, Prediger Ordens ... Ornamental border printed in red. Signatures: [*¹⁴⁺¹ a-o¹⁰ p⁸ q¹⁰ r-z¹²·⁸ A-C⁸·¹² D⁴]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 41 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-317 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 7367 Catalogue of…- Contributor: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Kloster Seemannshausen - Johannes - Bämler, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Berthold
- Date: 1472
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Book/Printed MaterialPetrus de Crescentiis zu teutsch mit Figuren. Leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Petrus de Crescentiis zu teutsch mit Figuren. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 164 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-971 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5834 = 5835 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 499 (IB.8638) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7831 Also available in digital form on the Library…- Contributor: Crescenzi, Pietro De - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Drach, Peter
- Date: 1493
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Book/Printed MaterialCosmographia Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo; edited by Nicolaus Germanus. The maps, double, except for the last, are on separate sheets, most with descriptive text printed on the versos within woodcut borders; these texts are known in several variants. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1084 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 538 (IC.9306) Copinger, W.A. Supplement…- Contributor: D'angelo, Jacopo - Königliche Bibliothek Zu Berlin - Erzabtei St. Peter (Salzburg, Austria) - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Preussische Staatsbibliothek - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Ptolemy - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey) - Hol, Lienhart - Nicolaus Germanus
- Date: 1482
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Book/Printed Material[Breviarium Lubicense]. Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Ms. Written in Lübeck ca. 1477. Contains Matins for the seasonal offices. In Latin. The complete Lübeck breviary is known as Breviarium Lubicense or Liber horarum canonicarum Ecclesiae Lubicensis. The present selections closely match the corresponding text in the printed ed. of 1478 (GW 5374, pts. 4-5). Library of Congress. Medieval and Renaissance ms. bks., 29 Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p.229,…- Contributor: Catholic Church
- Date: 1477
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Book/Printed MaterialFormulario de epistole vulgar missiue & responsiue & altri fiori de ornati par lamenti
Formulario de epistole vulgar missive e responsive e altri fiori de ornati par lamenti Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Variously attributed to Cristoforo Landino and Bartolommeo Miniatore. Signatures: a-e⁸. Goff M-583 GW M16883 Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) im00583000 Capital spaces, some with guide letters; text in 2 columns. Woodcut initials. LC copy has the bookseller's ink stamp: Leighton, Brewer St., W. With: Carcano, Michael. Incomincia la confessio[n]e generale ... [Venice] : Impressa per peregrino da bologna, adi…- Contributor: Landino, Cristoforo - Miniatore, Bartolommeo - Bonelli, Manfredo - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1493
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Book/Printed MaterialBook of Hours.
Libro d'Ore This 15th century Book of Hours belonged to Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 and the first king of united Italy from 1861 until his death in 1878. According to the scholar Robert Amiet, the manuscript is, from the liturgical point of view, a composite work, made by a copyist who had a variety of versions of Books of Hours…- Contributor: De Trestondans, Guillaume, 1475 - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy
- Date: 1400-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialSoprascripti & introscripti di lettere a uarie persone secondo la degnita loro.
Soprascripti & introscripti di lettere a varie persone secondo la degnita loro | Soprascripti e introscripti di lettere a uarie persone secondo la degnita loro | Soprascripti e introscripti di lettere a varie persone secondo la degnita loro The formulas themselves are Latin throughout; the captions are in Italian. Caption title. Vollbehr attributed this work to Cristoforo Landino. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: a⁸ b⁴. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff S-633 GW M42855 Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) is00633000 Printed in red and black. LC copy has ink stamp: Ex libr. Fr. Franc. Raim. Adami.…- Contributor: Landino, Cristoforo - Nott, G. F. (George Frederick) - Francesco - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1497
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Treasury of Wisdom. Creation to 138 AD.
Trésor de sapience This richly decorated manuscript of Trésor de sapience (The treasury of wisdom) is a history of the world from the Creation up to 138 AD. It was illuminated by associates of Loyset Liédet and Willem (also called Guillaume) Vrelant, and was completed, probably in Bruges, circa 1470-80. The book itself is a fine example of the secular books that were in demand by aristocratic…- Contributor: Vrelant, Guillaume, 1481 - Liédet, Loyset
- Date: 1470-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialPlatynae de honesta voluptate et valitudine
Platyne De honesta voluptate & valitudine | Platyne De honesta uoluptate et ualitudine | De honesta voluptate & valetudine Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-762 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13051* Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum (Addendum), 13051* Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M33900 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume 5, page 239 (IB. 20432) Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, ip00762000 John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress). The collection of John Boyd Thacher in the…- Contributor: Lisa, Gerardus De - Drury, Henry - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Platina
- Date: 1475
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