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    Epistole [et] Euangelii [et] Lectioni vulgari in lingua toschana.
    Epistolae et Evangelia     This devotional book in Italian ('the language of Tuscany'), published in 1495 by Piero Pacini da Pescia (active, circa 1495-1514), is considered the greatest Florentine illustrated book of the 15th century. It contains 144 large woodcuts, all but eight original to this text, 24 small images of saints and prophets, and a series of 14 different border styles. The large number of images, along…
    • Contributor: Morgiani, Lorenzo De - Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Pacini, Piero - Petri, Johann
    • Date: 1495

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    Sermones quattuor nouissimorum perutiles et necessarii ... Cum dece[m] sermonibus de morte, editis a Beato Bonauentura. Sermones Sancti Bonauenture de morte has special title page. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 430 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-946 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 3524 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 1776 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4808 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: E. Gordon Duff. With: Guilelmus…
    • Contributor: William - Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon) - Jehannot, Etienne - Bonaventure - Julius II - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Guillermus - Gerlier, Durand - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1495

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    Duytsche Ghetyden. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 549 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-431 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2727 Campbell, M.F.A.G. Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XVe siècle, 839 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated; initials and capitals supplied in red or blue, large initials in blue, red, and green.…
    • Contributor: Huth, Henry - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church - Liesvelt, Adriaen Van
    • Date: 1495

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    Tractatus excellentissim[um] iuris utriusq[ue] doctoris Antonii Corseti Paduae ordinariam iuris pontificii legentis ad status pauperum fratrum Ihesuatorum confirmatione[m] Title from incipit, leaf a1. Includes a number of papal decrees relating to the Jesuats. LC copy: leaves [2-50] numbered 1-49 in ms. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 301 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-938 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 5770 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5770 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 5770 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7793 Catalogue…
    • Contributor: Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Gregori, Gregorio De - Corsetti, Antonio
    • Date: 1495

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    Preceptorium 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: Baquelier, Antoine - Heinrich - Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Le Dru, Pierre - Nicholas
    • Date: 1495

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    Quadragesimale nouum, editu[m] ac predicatu[m] a quodam Fratre Minore de Obseruantia in inclita ciuitate Basilien[si], de filio prodigo [et] de angeli ip[s]ius ammonit[i]one salubri p[er] sermones diuisu[m]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 364 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-421 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 13628 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, p. 783 (IA.37781) IGI 6319 Schramm, XXII, p. 13, 43, and illus. Rosenwald copy also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Furter, Michael - Redgrave, G. R. (Gilbert Richard) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Meder, Johannes
    • Date: 1495

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    Fasciculus tempo[rum] en francois, cest Le fardelet hystorial
    Fardelet hystorial     Translated by Pierre Farget. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 365 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-279 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6943 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, p. 370 (IB.38488) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: a few illustrations, partly hand-colored; some…
    • Contributor: Rolevinck, Werner - Printer of the Fasciculus Temporum - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Farget, Pierre - De Pré, Nicolas
    • Date: 1495

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    De valore Missaru[m]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 428 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-300 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 11245 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 14097 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Rolevinck, Werner - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Marchant, Guy
    • Date: 1495

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    Operetta sopra i Dieci comandamenti di Dio Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 304 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-224 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 14443 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 650 (IA.27313) Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 6803 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Savonarola, Girolamo - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Libri, Bartolommeo DI - Liechtenstein, House of
    • Date: 1495

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    Textus abbreuiatus Aristotelis super octo libris Phisicorum & tota naturali philosophia, Title extracted from incipit (leaf [1a]): Incipit textus abbreuiatus Aristotelis super octo libris Phisicorum: & tota naturali philosophia: nuper a magistro Thoma bricot ... co[m]pilatus; vna cum continuatione textus magistri Georgij: & questionibus eiusdem: de recenti ab eodm Thoma bricot reuisus: atq[uae] diligentissime emendatus ... A close reprint of the Paris ed. of Nov. 3-13, 1494. Cf. BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 135. Library…
    • Contributor: Gregori, Gregorio De - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Georges - Gregori, Giovanni De - Andreae, Antonius - Lucas - Bricot, Thomas
    • Date: 1496

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    Icy est le compost et kale[n]drier des bergiers, nouuellement et autreme[n]t co[m]pose que nestoit par auant
    Icy est le compost et kalendrier des bergiers | Rosenwald cited title: Kalendrier des bergiers | Ordinaire des crestiens     Title extracted from leaf [1a] which reads: ICy est le compost et kalēndrier des bergiers nouuellement et autremēt cōpose que nestoit par auant ... Printed in black and red. Contents as in GW. With: Ordinaire des chrétiens. Lordinaire des crestiens. Paris, 1495.--Matheolus. Le liure de Matheolus. [Lyons, 1497?]. Bound together subsequent to publication. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 436 Goff, F.R. Incunabula…
    • Contributor: Matheolus - Marchant, Guy - Primet, Alexandre - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Dayne, Claude - Verard, Antoine - Petit, Jean - Le Fèvre, Jean
    • Date: 1496

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    Fabulae. Translated by Lorenzo Valla. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 306 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-107 Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 66 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 324 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke Nachträge 3 Fava, M. Stampa a Napoli nel XV sec., 179 bis Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Aesop - Preller, Christian - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Valla, Lorenzo
    • Date: 1495

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    Ars moriendi, ex varys Scripturaru[m] sente[n]cijs collecta cu[m] figuri, ad resiste[n]du[m] in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni valens, cuilibet Christifideli vtilis ac multum necessaria. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 170 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1115 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1835 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2573 Schramm, XIII, p. 2, 2 (2nd group), and illus. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated throughout. A few manuscript notes.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Kachelofen, Konrad
    • Date: 1495

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    Grammatica noua. Adapted for German schools by Bernhard Perger. Appended is Jakob Wimpheling's Tractatus de figuris et metris. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 169 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-281 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 12603 (variant) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 375 (IA.6445) LC copy rubricated throughout. Also available in digital form on…
    • Contributor: Perotti, Niccol - Wimpheling, Jakob - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Perger, Bernhard - Schönsperger, Johann
    • Date: 1495

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    La 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: Caillaut, Antoine - Maillard, Olivier - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1495

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    Mousaiou 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 - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Manuzio, Aldo - Mousouros, Markos
    • Date: 1495

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    Hystorie vanden vrome[n] ridder Paris ende ua[n] die schone Vienne.
    Hystorie vanden vromen ridder Paris ende van die schone Vienne     Signatures: a-h⁶ i-k⁴. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 550 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-115 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4602 Campbell, M.F.A.G. Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XVe siècle, 944 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm (Microfilm 49317). LC copy rubricated; initials supplied in red or blue; illus.…
    • Contributor: Arenberg, Prosper Louis - Serrure, Constant Philippe - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Back, Goovaert - Pierre
    • Date: 1495

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    Tractato del sacramento & de mysterii della Messa & regola utile [a tucti e religiosi] Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 312 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-240 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 14352 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 658 (IA.27498) Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 6875 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Savonarola, Girolamo - Landau, Horace De - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Libri, Bartolommeo DI
    • Date: 1495

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    Der Spiegel der Menschen Behaltnysse, mit den Euangelien vnd mit Episteln narh [sic] der Zyt des Iares. The woodcuts are attributed to the Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet. Cf. A.M. Hind's An introd. to a history of woodcut, II, p. 346. Signatures: a-z⁸ 2a-2e⁸ 2f⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 171 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-668 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 14934 Schramm, XVI, p. 14 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.…
    • Contributor: Franziskanerkloster (Altötting, Germany) - Drach, Peter - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Master of the Housebook
    • Date: 1495

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