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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

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Title

  • De Docta Ignorantia.

Other Title

  • Opuscula theologica et mathematica
  • Prohemium, [I]n hoc volumine [con]tinentur certi tractatus & libri altissime [con]templat[i]onis et doctrine

Names

  • Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.
  • Flach, Martin, -1500, printer.
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Strassburg, France : Martin Flach, not after 1489]

Contents

  • from leaves a1v: [pt. 1.] De docta ignorantia libri tres. Apologia docte ignorantie. De coniecturis libri duo. De filiatione dei. Dyalogus de Genesi. Ydiote libri quatuor -- [pt. 2.] De visione dei. De pace fidei. Reparatio kalendarij. De mathematicis complementis. Cribratio alchoran, libri tres. De venatione sapientie. De ludo globi, libri duo. Compendium. Trialogus de possest. Contra bohemos. De mathematica perfectione. De berillo. De dato patris luminum. De querendo deum. Dyalogus de apice theorie.

Headings

  • -  Infinite--Early works to 1800
  • -  Trinity--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mathematics--Early works to 1800
  • -  France--Strasbourg

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Strasbourg--1499

Notes

  • -  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: pt. 2 bound in before pt. 1. Small arms of Bavaria on pt. 2, leaf a2. Initials, paragraph marks, and underlining in red and blue. Wanting final blanks of both pts.

Medium

  • 2 pts. [544 p.] : diagrams (woodcuts) ; 26 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B765 .N51 1489

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007581528

OCLC Number

  • 49654482

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Nicholas, Of Cusa, Cardinal, Martin Flach, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. De Docta Ignorantia. [Strassburg, France: Martin Flach, not after, 1489] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007581528/.

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Nicholas, O. C., Flach, M. & Otto Vollbehr Collection. (1489) De Docta Ignorantia. [Strassburg, France: Martin Flach, not after] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007581528/.

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Nicholas, Of Cusa, Cardinal, Martin Flach, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. De Docta Ignorantia. [Strassburg, France: Martin Flach, not after, 1489] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2007581528/>.