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    Quodlibetica decisio perpulchra et deuota de septe[m] dolorib[us] Christifere Virginis Marie ac co[mmun]i [et] saluberrima co[n]fraternitate desuper instituta Leaves [47a-51b] contain a liturgical office and Mass (Veni in altitudinem maris) "de dolorib[us] seu co[m]passione Beatissime Virginis Marie, cui[us] festu[m] celebrabit[ur] Sabbato ante Dominicam Palmaru[m]." Goff F-294 Hain 7348 Hain-Copinger 7347 BM 15th cent., IX, p. 204 (IA.50017) Campbell 760 LC copy rubricated in red and blue; woodcuts hand-colored. Ms. additions on last leaf (cropped): "Planct[us] Beat[a]e Mari[a]e Virginis" (the Stabat Mater) and…
    • Contributor: François, Michel - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
    • Date: 1496

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    Trattato in defensione e probazione della dottrina di Savonarola. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 314 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-327 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2784 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 675 (IA.27632) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 3849 Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 896 Also available in digital form on the Library of…
    • Contributor: Buonaccorsi, Francesco - Benivieni, Domenico - Pacini, Piero - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1496

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    Book of hawking, hunting, and heraldry. Leaf [1b]: This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge & huntynge, and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses, wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses, and ferdermore of the blasynge of armys ... Printed in black and red; coats of arms in black, red, and olive. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 574 Goff, F.R. Incunabula…
    • Contributor: Leybourne Grange - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Worde, Wynkyn De - Bedford, Francis - Sherwin, Henry Alden - Berners, Juliana
    • Date: 1496

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    Sunte Birgitten Openbaringe. Combines extracts from Birgitta's revelations with an adaptation of her life originally written by Petrus Olai of Alvastra and Petrus Olai of Skänninge. The poppy device appearing on the borders of some illus. and on the verso of the last leaf was apparently used by several printers working for Hans van Ghetelen. Cf. E. Voulliéme's Die deutschen Drucker des 15. Jahrhunderts, 1922, p. 95.…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Poppy Printer - Petrus Olai - Bridget
    • Date: 1496

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    Arithmetica Thome Brauardini. Revised by Pedro Ciruelo. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 433 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1071 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 1231 = 1232 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, p. 61 (IA.39660) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5003 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy…
    • Contributor: Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Marchant, Guy - Bradwardine, Thomas - Ciruelo, Pedro
    • Date: 1496

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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: Andreae, Antonius - Gregori, Gregorio De - Lucas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Gregori, Giovanni De - Georges - Bricot, Thomas
    • Date: 1496

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    Missale Augustanum. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 174 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-646 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 11261 IGI 6550 Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch, 4666 (variation) Weale-Bohatta. Cat. Missalium, 105 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: the Gloria…
    • Contributor: Ratdolt, Erhard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church - Zangmaister, Eberhard
    • Date: 1496

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    Liber Faceti docens mores hominu[m] p[rae]cipue iuuenu[m], in supplementu[m] illo[rum] qui a Cathone era[n]t omissi, Has been ascribed to Joannes de Garlandia. Cf. Grundriss der romanischen Philologie, II, 1. Abt., p. 384. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 368 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, F-40 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6892 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, p. 795 (IA.37937) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 9695 Also available in digital form on…
    • Contributor: John - Bergmann, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Brant, Sebastian
    • Date: 1496

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    Baptistae C. Fulgosi Anteros In Italian. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 313 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, F-329 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 7393 (variations) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 781 (IA.26682) (variation) IGI 4107 Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 2946 Also available in digital form on the…
    • Contributor: Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Pachel, Leonhard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Murray, Charles Fairfax - Fregoso, Battista
    • Date: 1496

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    Expositione sopra Euangeli. An Italian adaptation of Simone Fidati's Expositio super totum corpus Evangeliorum. "Guido" in the prologue is a corruption of the name Giovanni da Salerno. Cf. M.G. McNeil's Simone Fidati and his De gestis Domini Salvatoris, 1950, p. 61-64. Signatures: a-c⁸ d¹⁰ e-f⁸ g¹⁰ h-n⁸ o-p⁶ chi². Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 316 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-523 Reichling, D. Appendices…
    • Contributor: Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Giovanni - Libri, Bartolommeo DI - Fidati, Simone
    • Date: 1496

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    Tractatus de apparationib[us] et receptaculis animarum exuta[rum] corporibus ... Signatures: A-K⁴. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 173 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-24 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 15543 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 300 (IA.5083) Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 1466 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Jacobus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Houppelande, Guillaume - Bungart, Hermann - Gobi, Jean
    • 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: Petit, Jean - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Primet, Alexandre - Verard, Antoine - Marchant, Guy - Matheolus - Le Fèvre, Jean - Dayne, Claude
    • 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 | Kalendrier des bergiers     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: Marchant, Guy - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Petit, Jean
    • Date: 1496
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    Finis Leoneae Includes a few poems in Italian. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 315 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-138 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 10017 IGI 5728 Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 3934 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: ex libris Liectensteinianis.
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Liechtenstein, House of - Le Signerre, Guillermus - Leo
    • Date: 1496

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    Kalender Maister Johannes Künigsperger. Printing, including the diagrams of eclipses, in black and red. Leaves [27-28] (designated as 27-30 by BM 15th cent.), containing diagrams of instruments, are each made up of 2 leaves pasted together. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 178 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-102 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 13788 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now…
    • Contributor: Ratdolt, Erhard - Austria. Bundesdenkmalamt - Regiomontanus, Joannes - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1496

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    Legenda S. Dympnae. Oratio de S. Dympnae.
    Legenda Sancte Dympne, virginis et martyris, filie Regis Hybernie     Incipit (leaf [1a]): Lege[n]da S[an]c[t]e Dympne, virginis et martyris, filie Regis Hybernie incipit feliciter. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 551 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-457 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6523 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 200 (IA.49992) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…
    • Contributor: Serrure, Constant Philippe - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Arenberg, Prosper Louis - Back, Goovaert - Petrus
    • Date: 1496

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    Epytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei. Woodcut title. Begun by Georg von Peurbach. Edited by Giovanni Abiosi. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff R-111 Hain-Copinger 13806 BM 15th cent., V, p. 427 (IB.23380) IGI 5326 Sander 6399 LC copy: old blind-stamped brown calf, rebacked, clasps broken. Vollbehr H13806 Imperfect Rosenwald copy 2 sold as duplicate 6-19-67
    • Contributor: Peurbach, Georg Von - Abiosi, Giovanni - Regiomontanus, Joannes - Ptolemy
    • Date: 1496

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    Suetonius Tranquillus : cum Philippi Beroaldi et Marci Antonii Sabellici commentariis Contains the De vita Caesarum, with commentaries surrounding the text. Imprint extracted from colophon, which reads as shown in BM 15th cent. Signatures: 2a⁴ a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-R⁸ S⁶. Goff S-827 Hain-Copinger 15128 BM 15th cent., V, p. 521 (IB.23965) LC copy: contemporary dark-brown calf Italian binding (rebacked), decorated with basket-weave stamp inside double-fillet borders; 2 leather clasps on fore-edge, fastening on lower…
    • Contributor: Sabellico - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Beroaldo, Filippo - Suetonius
    • Date: 1496

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    Viola sanctorum Signatures: pi¹⁰ a-d⁸ e-x⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 176 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-338 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 10872 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 395 (IA.6493) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: Jacobus P.R. Lyell. LC copy:…
    • Contributor: Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Froschauer, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1496

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    Tabule tabula[rum] celestiu[m] motuu[m] astronomi Zacuti nec non stela[rum] fixa[rum] lougitndine[m] [sic] ac latitudine[m] ... mira dilige[n]tia reducte ac in principio canones ordinatissime incipiu[n]t felici sidere. Leaf [17a]: Almenach p[er]petuum cuyus radix e[st] anu[m] [sic] co[m]positu[m] ab excelentisimo magistro in astronomia nomine Bocat[us] Zecutus. Translated by Jospeh Vinicus. Goff Z-14 Hain-Copinger 16267 GW 115 (variant) LC copy imperfect: sig. b1,7-8 (3 leaves) and sig. 29 (8 leaves) wanting. Early ms. notes in Italian. Contemporary boards, rebacked, with clasp. Thacher no. 840
    • Contributor: Zacuto, Abraham Ben Samuel
    • Date: 1496

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    Predica dellarte del bene morire. "Raccolta da ser Lorenzo Violi dalla uiua uoce del ... padre mentre chepredicaua." Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 318 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-249 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 14391 (variations) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 650 (IA.27321) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…
    • Contributor: Violi, Lorenzo - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Libri, Bartolommeo DI - Savonarola, Girolamo
    • Date: 1496

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    Das nüv Schiff vo[n] Narragonia ... Unauthorized reprint containing a number of additions not by Brant. Cf. Goedecke's Grundriss, 2nd ed., I, p. 385. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 172 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1084 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5050 (variations) IGI 2042 Schramm, XX, p. 4 and illus. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: orange vellum binding with…
    • Contributor: Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek - Grüninger, Johann - Uffenbach, Zacharias Konrad Von - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Brant, Sebastian
    • Date: 1496

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    Repeticion de amores. E Arte de exedres, con cl. iuegos de partido.
    Arte de exedres     Engraved title. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 583 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-317 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 10254 Haebler, K. Bibliografía ibérica del siglo XV, 371 (variations) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: leaves [45-80] bound in at end.
    • Contributor: Sanz, Lope - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hutz, Leonardo - Lucena, Luis Ramírez De
    • Date: 1496

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    Tractato 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: Landau, Horace De - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Morgiani, Lorenzo De - Savonarola, Girolamo
    • Date: 1496

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    Ortulus rosarum de valle lachrymarum. Printer from Goff (1973 lithographic reprint). Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 435 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-354 Murray, C.F. French books, 416 (variation in illus.) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. With: Houppelande, Guillaume. De immortalitate anime. Paris, 17 Sept. 1493. Bound together subsequent to publication.
    • Contributor: Bochin, Ludovicus - Mittelhus, Georg - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Houppelande, Guillaume - Levet, Pierre - Marnef, Enguilbert De - Jehannot, Etienne - Thomas - Jaumar, Claude
    • Date: 1496

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