Book/Printed Material Image 1 of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet : atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat

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Title

  • Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet : atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat

Other Title

  • Title from leaf a1a: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse ostendit, atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat

Names

  • Colonna, Francesco, -1527, author
  • Crasso, Leonardo
  • Scytha, Johannes Baptista
  • Maro, Andreas, active 15th century-16th century
  • Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, printer
  • Schiff, Mortimer L., former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi Manutii, accuratissime, mense decembre MID [December 1499]

Headings

  • -  Illustrated books--History--15th and 16th centuries
  • -  Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern)
  • -  Italy--Venice

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Venice--1499

Notes

  • -  Author's name concealed in acrostic formed by first letters of the chapters.
  • -  With contributions by Leonardus Crassus (dedicatory epistle), Iohannes Baptista Scytha (poem to Crassus), and Andreas Maro Brixianus (introductory verse).
  • -  Imprint from colophon, where date of printing follows printer's name.
  • -  Signatures: pi⁴ a-y⁸ z¹⁰ A-E⁸ F⁴.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-767
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 5501*
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5501
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7223
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 561 (IB. 24500)
  • -  Incunabula short title catalogue, ic00767000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 340
  • -  "Cautum est, ne quis in dominio Ill. S. V. impune hunc librum queat imprimere."
  • -  Capital spaces with woodcut initials. 40 lines per page.
  • -  Illustrations on a6a and c1b signed: b.
  • -  LC copy: contemporary black leather over boards, 4 clasps (2 broken). Provenance: Mortimer L. Schiff (bookplate).
  • -  Conserved; 02-82-141.9 1982 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
  • -  Exhibited: "Hermeticism and the Renaissance," National Gallery of Art, 1982
  • -  Vollbehr H5501
  • -  Copies 1, 3-4 not examined. he18 2018-09-12
  • -  LC copy 2 marked Incun. 1499 .C6 Copy 2; Shelved in RBSCD Rosenwald Collection under Rosenwald 340b including Rosenwald 1070, Rosenwald 340 and Rosenwald 1256

Medium

  • [468] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 33 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1499 .C6
  • Incun. 1499 .C6 Copy 2 33 cm. In non-contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled borders; black leather spine label with gilt-stamped lettering; gilt-stamped ornamentation on spine; marbled endpapers. Contemporary bluing of page edges. In signed pull off case covered in red leather with gilt lettering signed "Zucker & Henkel, Phila." with two other titles. Shelved under Rosenwald 340b.
  • Incun. 1499 .C6 Copy 3 31.1 cm. Numerous marginalia. Provenance: Rosenheim Collection, no. A6 (label)
  • Incun. 1499 .C6 Copy 4 31.5 cm. Imperfect: leaves [1-4] wanting; leaf [234] inlaid.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48040450

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Colonna, Francesco, -1527, Author, Leonardo Crasso, Johannes Baptista Scytha, Andreas Maro, Aldo Manuzio, Mortimer L Schiff, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet: atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat. [Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi Manutii, accuratissime, mense decembre MID December, 1499] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48040450/.

APA citation style:

Colonna, F., Crasso, L., Scytha, J. B., Maro, A., Manuzio, A., Schiff, M. L. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1499) Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet: atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat. [Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi Manutii, accuratissime, mense decembre MID December] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48040450/.

MLA citation style:

Colonna, Francesco, -1527, Author, et al. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet: atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat. [Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi Manutii, accuratissime, mense decembre MID December, 1499] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48040450/>.