Collection Items

  • Book/Printed Material
    De Docta Ignorantia.
    Opuscula theologica et mathematica | Prohemium, [I]n hoc volumine [con]tinentur certi tractatus & libri altissime [con]templat[i]onis et doctrine
    Title from caption, pt. 1, leaf a2. Imprint from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) Signatures, pt. 1: a⁸ b-r⁶ (last 2 leaves blank); pt. 2: a-f⁶ g-h⁸ i-z⁶ A⁶ B-C⁴ D⁶ E⁸ (last leaf blank). Hain-Copinger 5893 Goff N97 GW M26367 BM 15th cent., I, p. 157-158 (IB. 2265, IB. 2268; IB. 2266, IB. 2267) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) in00095800 LC copy misbound:…
    • Contributor: Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Nicholas - Flach, Martin
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    De laniis [sic] & phitonicis mulieribus.
    De laniis & phitonicis mulieribus | De lamis & phitonicis mulieribus | De laniis [sic] et phitonicis mulieribus
    Ampersand in title transcription is a Tironian sign. Imprint from ISTC. Leaf d5 verso: "Ex constan[tem?] anno d[omi]ni mcccclxxxix die decima ianuarij. Tue celsitudinis humilis co[n]siliarius & seuulus vlricus molitoris de consta[n]tia decreto[rum] doctor." (Ampersand represents a Tironian sign.) Signatures: a-b⁸ c-d⁶ (d6 blank). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-794 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 11535* Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M25188 Catalogue of books printed…
    • Contributor: Prüss, Johann - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Molitor, Ulrich
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Ein Allerhailsamste warnung vor der falschenn lieb diser werlt.
    Warnung vor der falschenn Lieb dieser Welt | Warnung vor der falschen Liebe dieser Welt
    Imprint from ISTC. A German version of Bernardinus Senensis: Speculum peccatorum de contemptu mundi (ISTC.) GW lists it anonymously. Signatures: [1]¹². Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, W-8 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 16150* Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M42933 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume 2, page 464 (IA. 8016) Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, iw00008000 Library of Congress.…
    • Contributor: Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Wagner, Peter - Bernardino - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Albumasar de magnis coniunctionibus, annorum reuolutionibus, ac eorum profectionibus, octo continens tractatus.
    Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977) cited title: De magnis coniunctionibus
    Translation by Joannes Hispalensis of the author's Kitāb aḥkām tahāwīl sinī al-mawālīd and other writings, based in great part on al-Kindī. Cf. Sarton. An introd. to the hist. of science, I, p. 568, and Enzyk. d. Islam. Edited by Johann Engel. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-360 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 611 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century…
    • Contributor: Abū Maʻshar - Joannes - Angelus, Johannes - Kindī - Ratdolt, Erhard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Horologiu[m] deuotionis circa vitam Christi
    Horologium devotionis circa vitam Christi
    Translated by the author. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 140 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-504 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 2992 = 2996 = 8932 = 8935 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2998 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4173 IGI 1616 Schramm, IV, p. 40, 52, and illus. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. With:…
    • Contributor: Bridget - St. Emmeram (Monastery : Regensburg, Germany) - Giles - [Bertoldus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Berthold - Sorg, Anton
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Horologium deuotionis.
    Horologium devotionis
    Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]): Incipit prologus in libro qui intitulatur Horologium deuotinis. Translated by the author from the original German. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 139 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-505 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 2999 = 8934 Gesamtkatalog…
    • Contributor: Kartause Gaming - Augustine - Kloster Scheibbs (Scheibbs, Austria) - Bertoldus - Creussner, Friedrich - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Berthold - Dürer, Albrecht
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Missale 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. Missal - Sensenschmidt, Johann - Petzensteiner, Heinrich - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Ein hubsche Histori von der kunnigclichenn Stat Troy wie si zerstörett wartt Leaf [Ia] Woodcut title: Ein hubsche Histori von der kunnigclichenn Stat Troy wie si zerstörett wartt. Based on the Roman de Troie of Benoit de Sainte-More. German translation by Hans Mair, with interpolations from Konrad von Würzburg. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 136 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-799 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5518 Catalogue of books printed…
    • Contributor: Schott, Martin - Liechtenstein, House of - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Benoît - Colonne, Guido Delle - Mair, Hans - Konrad
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Tractatus de [con]sanguinitate & affinitate
    De consanguinitate et affinitate
    Goff C-945 Hain-Copinger 5788 BM 15th cent., VII, p. 1012 (IC.31524) GW 7807 LC copy rubricated; initials supplied in red; woodcuts hand-colored in red.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Valle, Martino Della - Costa, Stefano
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | Images with Text | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Le roman de Fierabras. A compilation in French prose by Jean Baignon from the French metrical romance Fierabras and Vincent de Beauvais' Speculum historiale. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 403 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, F-169 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 7087 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2504 Catalogue of a collection of early French books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray, 160…
    • Contributor: Bourdillon, Francis William - Bagnyon, Jehan - Maillet, Jacques - Molini, Giuseppe - Firmin-Didot, Ambroise - Vincent - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Yemeniz, Nicolas
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Fiore di virtù. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 252 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, F-182 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 7109 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 649 (IA.27281) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: leaf [42] wanting; blank?; leaf [25] remargined, with some missing…
    • Contributor: Fleming, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Libri, Bartolommeo DI - Clark, Charles W. (Charles Walker)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Opera. Corrected printing date from dedicatory letter. Edited by Dēmētrios Chalkokondylēs. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 250 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-300 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 8772 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 8772 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 679 (IB.27657a) IGI 4795 Also available in digital form on the…
    • Contributor: Powis, Edward Herbert - Calcondila, Demetrio - Demetrius - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Nerli, Nerio - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Nerli, Bernardo - Mansfield, William David Murray - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Homer
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Die Walfart oder Bilgerung Vnser Lieben Frauwen. Leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Die Walfart oder Bilgerung Vnser Lieben Frauwen. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 138 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, I-222 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9326 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 378 (IA.6626) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Schobser, Hans
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Compilatio Leupoldi, ducatus Austrie filij, de astrorum scientia, decem continens tractatus Leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Compilatio Leupoldi ducatus Austrie filij de astrorum scientia Decem continens tractatus. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 133 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-185 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 10042 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 382 (IA.6679) IGI 5747 Also available in digital form on the Library…
    • Contributor: Ratdolt, Erhard - Leopoldus - Liechtenstein, House of - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye.
    Fayt of armes and of chyualrye
    This book on the proper mode of conduct for a knight was written in French in around 1410 by Christine de Pisan, Europe's first prolific and respected female author. It was translated into English and printed by William Caxton (1422?-91) in 1489 at the behest of Henry VII, who wished to make it available to English soldiers. The book contained not only rules of…
    • Contributor: Holford, George Lindsay - Caxton, William - Bonet, Honoré - Christine - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Precordiale sacerdotum deuote celebrare cupientium vtile et consolatorium. Attributed to Jacobus Philippi. Cf. Jöcher. Allegemeines Gelehrtenlexikon. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 357 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-953 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13319 Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), vol. 5, 503 Schramm, XXI, p. 27 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated; initials supplied…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Chartreuse De Molsheim - Philippi, Jacobus - Amerbach, Johannes
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Rosarium Beate Marie Virginis. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-319 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 13968 Kronenberg, M.E. Campbell's Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XV. siècle, 1482b Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 547 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy imperfect: leaves [1], [12], and [31] mutilated, repaired. Rubricated; illus. colored. Eleven leaves of contemporary…
    • Contributor: Leeu, Gerard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Jordan - Perrins, Charles William Dyson
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Spiegel menschlicher Behaltnuss, mit den Ewa[n]gelie[n] vnd Epistele[n] durch d[a]z gancz Iar. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 135 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-666 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 14937 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 392 (IB.6808) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: illustrations hand-colored. Inscription inside upper cover: "Michael Hueber. Qui quae nult dicit quae…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Berger, Peter
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Vision deleytable dela philosofia et delas scie[n]çias.
    Rosenwald cited title: Visión delectable de la filosofia et de las otras ciencias | Incipit: Comiença el tratado llamado vision deleytable dela philosofia et delas scie[n]çias | Vision deleytable dela philosofia et delas sciençias
    Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]) which reads: Comiença el tratado llamado vision deleytable dela philosofia et delas scie[n]çias ... Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 404 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-389 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 15556 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, p. 356 (IB.42465) Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Klebat, Etienne - Parix, Johann - Torre, Alfonso De La
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Valere la Grant. Leaf [1a]: Valere le Grant. Translation and commentary by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse. Vol. 1: [158] leaves ([12-13] blank); v. 2: [154] leaves (the first and last blank, the last wanting). Signatures: a-b⁶, ²a-r⁸; [superscript pi]A¹⁰ A-S⁸. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 402 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-45 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 5933 (variations)…
    • Contributor: Nicolas - Huss, Mathias - Valerius Maximus - Simon - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Versehu[n]g Leib Sel Er vnnd Gutt. Leaf [Ia] (woodcut title): Versehu[n]g Leib Sel, Er vnnd Gutt. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 142 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-235 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 16019 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 463 (IA.7976) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Wagner, Peter
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Behe[n]de vnd hubsche Rechenung auff allen Kauffmanschafft Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 143 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, W-14 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 13712 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, p. 624 (IA.11541) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: leaves numbered in ms. A few ms. notes. Ex libris…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Liechtenstein, House of - Kachelofen, Konrad - Widmann, Johannes
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Itinerarius siue peregrinarius Beatissime Virginis Marie. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 358 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, I-219 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3329? Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 9324? Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Ysenhut, Lienhart
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    Nosce te. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 144 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-275 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9389 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, p. 670 (IA.12923) IGI 4312 LC copy rubricated throughout. Contemporary stamped brown calf, rebacked. Rosenwald bibliography lists call number: Incun. X.J58 for Rare Book Collection copy.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Knoblochtzer, Heinrich - Joannes Carthusiensis
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

  • Book/Printed Material
    De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus, Teutonice Vnholden vel Hexen. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 134 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-795 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 11536 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 587 (IA.10727) IGI 6688 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated throughout.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Molitor, Ulrich - Otmar, Johann
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF