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Book/Printed Material Facta et dicta memorabilia.

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About this Item

Title

  • Facta et dicta memorabilia.

Names

  • Valerius Maximus.
  • Simon, de Hesdin, -1383, translator.
  • Nicolas de Gonesse, active 15th century, translator.
  • Huss, Mathias, active 1482-1500, printer.
  • Amboise, Georges d', 1460-1510, associated name.
  • Gruel, Léon, 1841-1923, binder.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Lyons, Mathias Huss, 23 June (la vigile de saint Iehan Baptiste) 1485.

Headings

  • -  Anecdotes--Early works to 1800
  • -  Rome--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800
  • -  Rome--Civilization--Early works to 1800
  • -  France--Lyon

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Lyon--1485

Notes

  • -  Vol. 1, leaf [2a]: [I]cy co[m]mencent les rubrices du liure Valerius Maximus.
  • -  Translation and commentary by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse.
  • -  Vol. 1: [220] leaves ([1], [19-21], and [220] blank (the first and last wanting)); v. 2: [208] leaves ([1], [16], and [208] blank).
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 385
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-44a
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15796
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, p. 261 (IB.41700) (without the 2 blanks in sig. c)
  • -  LC copy rubricated; 2 illuminated initials and coat of arms of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, minister under Louis XII, in each volume. initials supplied in blue and red.
  • -  LC copy: signed binding: Gruel.

Medium

  • 2 v. woodcuts: illus., printer's device. 34.8 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1485 .V314

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65058992

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Valerius Maximus, Mathias Huss, Georges D' Amboise, Léon Gruel, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Facta Et Dicta Memorabilia. translateds by Simon, De Hesdin, -1383, and Nicolas De Gonesse, Active 15Th Century Lyons, Mathias Huss, 23 June la vigile de saint Iehan Baptiste, 1485. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65058992/.

APA citation style:

Valerius Maximus, Huss, M., Amboise, G. D., Gruel, L. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1485) Facta Et Dicta Memorabilia. Simon, D. H. & Nicolas De Gonesse, A. 1. C., transs Lyons, Mathias Huss, 23 June la vigile de saint Iehan Baptiste. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65058992/.

MLA citation style:

Valerius Maximus, et al. Facta Et Dicta Memorabilia. trans by Simon, De Hesdin, -1383, and Nicolas De Gonesse, Active 15Th Century Lyons, Mathias Huss, 23 June la vigile de saint Iehan Baptiste, 1485. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/65058992/>.