Circular world map - Public domain vintage map
The circular world map that appeared in the 1475 Latin edition of ''Rudimentum Novitorium'' and its subsequent French translations is considered the first printed map of the world. Drawn in the tradition of Med... More
![Recueil des histoires de Troyes.[Lyons, Michel Topié and Jacques Heremberck, 10 Oct. 1490]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTAvMDEvMDEvcmVjdWVpbC1kZXMtaGlzdG9pcmVzLWRlLXRyb3llc2x5b25zLW1pY2hlbC10b3BpZS1hbmQtamFjcXVlcy1oZXJlbWJlcmNrLTEwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/47/webp "Recueil des histoires de Troyes.[Lyons, Michel Topié and Jacques Heremberck, 10 Oct. 1490]")
Recueil des histoires de Troyes.[Lyons, Michel Topié and Jacques Herem...
Signatures: a-b⁸ c-f⁶ 2f⁸ g-i⁸ k-l⁶ m⁸ A-K⁸ L-N⁶ O⁸ P-Q⁶ R⁸. Goff L-114 Hain 7046 (variations) Copinger 2493 (variation) Rosenwald 405 LC copy: bookplate of Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Dark blue levant morocco with... More
Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...
Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...
Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...
Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Europe - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Collationes patrum XXIV., Augsburg, Bavaria
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaf [162a] (colophon): Hie ennde[t] sich Die viervn[d]zweinczig guldin Harpffen, die gezogen seind auss collac[i]o[n]ib[us] pat[rum] [durch H... More
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. Pars aestivalis
Leaf [2a]: Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben ... 211 printed leaves, with probably two blank leaves at the end (wanting in LC copy). The "Winterteil" (Hain-Copinger 9968, pt. 2), which complete... More
Geographica Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sca...
First 10 books translated by Guarinus Veronensis, the remainder by Gregorius Tifernas. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d-e⁸ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁸ l-n¹⁰ o-p⁸ q-s¹⁰ t⁸ u⁸⁻¹ x-y¹⁰ z⁸ A⁸]. Goff S-794 Hain-Copinger 15087 Proctor 4042 (3 Ve... More
Tractatum de spera quatuor capitulis distinguimus ... Theorica planeta...
Titles from opening lines on p. 1 and explicit on p. [81]. The Sphaera mundi is by Joannes de Sacro Bosco. The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, ... More
Isidori iunioris Hispalensis episcopi prologus in librum de responsion...
Title from caption, leaf [1]1. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: [1]⁸ ([1]1+chi1) [2]¹²(-[2]12). Possibly issued with his Etymologiae (19 Nov. 1472). Cf. Goff. Goff I-191 Hain 9302* GW M15281 BM 15th cent., II... More
Publius Terentius Afer Carthagine natus ..
Title from first line, leaf [1]2. Imprint from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) Signatures: [1]⁸ [2-3]¹⁰ [4-5]⁶ [6-9]⁸ [10]⁶ [11-12]⁸ [13-15]¹⁰ [16]⁸ [17-19]¹⁰ [20]⁸ [21]¹⁰ [22-23]⁸ [24]¹⁰ [25-26]⁶ [27-29]⁸ [... More
Incipit liber compilationis phisonomie
Uniform title from Goff; title from incipit; imprint from colophon. Signatures: [1-2¹⁰ 3-5⁸ 6⁶] Colophon: Anno domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo quarto hoc de phisonomia opus Petri padubanensis p[e... More
Postilla in Job - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff T-236 Hain 1397 BM 15th cent., II, p. 513 (IB.8919) Rosenwald 52 LC copy rubricated throughout. Ms. note on leaf [1a]: Hunc librum legavi... More
Calendarium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in red and black. Goff R-92 Hain-Copinger 13775 BM 15th cent., II, p. 456 (IA.7877) Schramm, XVIII, p. 5, 16, and illus. Rosenwald 25 ... More
Ars moriendi - German Block Book
Block book. Leaves printed on both sides. Signatures: [a¹⁴]. Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, IV, p. 267-312 (ed. XII, with slight variations) BM 15th cent., I, p. 5 (IA.24) Rosenwald 26 LC copy bound with: Passio Chri... More
Summa naturalium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
A commentary on the books of Aristotle on physics, the heavens and the world, generation and corruption, meteors, the soul, and metaphysics. Another issue printed by Valdarfer on the same day has 167 leaves (si... More
In nomine sancte et indiuidue trinitatis, patris et filij et spiritus ...
Title from opening line, leaf [1]1. Place of imprint and date from colophon; printer from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.). Edited by Arnošt of Pardubice, archbishop of Prague. Signatures: [1]-[7]⁸ [8]⁴. Gof... More
Der Sele Trost., 15th century, Augsburg, Bavaria
Leaf iija: Das ist der Sele Trost genannt ... Comprises only the first part of the earlier (Cologne, 1474) Low German ed. and is an independent version of it. Rosenwald 71 Goff S-358 Hain 14582 BM 15th cent., I... More
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron.
Leaf ia: Diss Buch ist gena[n]nt Die vierundczweinczig Alte[n], od[er] D[er] guldin Tron ... Rosenwald 76 Goff O-119 Hain 12128 BM 15th cent., II, p. 347 (IB.5890) Schramm, IV, p. 15, 50, and illus. Also availa... More
Geographica, Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...
First 10 books translated by Guarinus Veronensis, the remainder by Gregorius Tifernas. Signatures: a¹⁰ b-z⁸ &⁸ A-P⁸ Q⁶. Goff S-796 Hain-Copinger 15089 BM 15th cent., VI, p. 896 (IB.28422) LC copy differs from H... More
Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as o...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. This translation of De senectute (Cato maior), though frequently ascribed to John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, is probably by William Worcester... More
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron
Leaf ia: Disz Buch ist genant die xxiiii Alten od[er] der guldin Tron ... Rosenwald 98 Goff O-120 Hain 12129 BM 15th cent., II, p.351 (IB.5961) IGI 7040 Schramm, IV, p. 33, 51 and illus. Also available in digit... More
Itinerarium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Leaf [1a]: (woodcut title): Iohannes von Monteuilla, Ritter. Translated by Otto von Diemeringen from the French original, supplemented by a Latin translation. Rosenwald 110 Goff M-167 Hain-Copinger 10649 BM 15t... More
Meditationes, seu Contemplationes devotissimae
Goff T-540 Reichling 1100 Dyson Perrins. Ital. book-illustr., 34 Rosenwald 239 LC copy has bookplate of C.W. Dyson Perrins. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Eyn Duytz Kallender gemacht na dem Cisioianus
Begins: der Hardmaynt hait xxxi Dach. Calender in Low German, printed in black and red. Rosenwald 113 Goff C-699a Copinger 2234 BM 15th cent., I, p. 268 (IC.4481) GW 7056 Schramm, VIII, p. 25 and illus. Heitz, ... More
Nouiciis adolfscentibus sic: ad astronomicam rempu. capessendam aditum...
Title from incipit; imprint from colophon. Signatures: 1-6⁸ 7¹⁰. Goff J-406 Hain-Copinger 14111 BM 15th cent., V, p. 290 (IA. 20546) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ij00406000 LC copy has some hand-colored i... More
Preclarissimus liber completus in iudicijs astrorum
Title from caption, leaf a1. Imprint from colophon. Ampersand in imprint transcription represents a tironian sign. "... eme[n]datus p[er] dominu[m] Bartolomeu[m] de Alten ...": colophon. Signatures: pi⁴ a-t⁸. ... More
Legenda aurea de Sanctis - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...
Goff J-115 Copinger 6445 Murray, C.F. French books, 588 Rosenwald 389 LC copy: initials and paragraph marks supplied in red, initial strokes in yellow; illus. partly colored in yellow. Bookplate of G. de Longeville.
Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben
Title extracted from colophon (leaf ccclxxxvb). Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Cf. E. Panofsky's A. Dürer, II, p. 52. Signatures: [a² b-v⁸ x⁶ y⁸ z⁶ A-Z⁸, 2a⁸ 2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸]. Rosenwald 127... More
Lart de cheualerie selon Vegece
A compilation by Christine de Pisan, mainly from the French translation of Vegetius by Jean de Vignai, with additions from the Arbres des batailles of Honoré Bonet. Cf. M.J. Pinet's Christine de Pisan, p. 358 ... More
Flores musice omnis cantus Gregoriani
A didactic poem, accompanied by a commentary in prose and by musical examples. Rosenwald 130 Goff F-217 Hain-Copinger 7174 BM 15th cent, I, p. 121 (IA.1641) (variations) IGI 4924 LC copy rubricated throughout. ... More
Speculum humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel, Augsburg, Bavaria
Woodcut title. Colophon: Hye endet sich der Spiegel menschliches Lebens ... Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Rosenwald 125 Goff R-233 Hain 13950 BM 15th cent., II, p. 392 (IB.6805) LC copy: the two lines of ... More
Prognosticatio in Latino - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...
Assigned to the printer Johann Zainer, Ulm, by BM 15th cent., to a Strassburg printer by Copinger, and to Hainrich Knoblochtzer, Heidelberg, by Ernst Weil in Der Ulmer Holzschnitt in 15. Jahrhundert, p. 124, no... More
Behende vnd hubsche Rechenung auff allen Kauffmanschafft
Rosenwald 143 Goff W-14 Hain-Copinger 13712 BM 15th cent., III, p. 624 (IA.11541) LC copy: leaves numbered in ms. A few ms. notes. Ex libris Liechtensteinianis.
Compilatio Leupoldi, ducatus Austrie filij, de astrorum scientia, dece...
Rosenwald 133 Goff L-185 Hain-Copinger 10042 BM 15th cent., II, p. 382 (IA.6679) IGI 5747 LC copy rubricated; woodcuts part hand-colored. Contemporary marginalia; notes and verse at end. Ex libris Liechtensteinianis.
De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus, Teutonice Vnholden vel Hexen
Rosenwald 134 Goff M-795 Hain-Copinger 11536 BM 15th cent., II, p. 587 (IA.10727) IGI 6688 LC copy rubricated throughout.
De laniis sic & 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 ... More
Das Buch der natürlichen Weiszheit, Augsburg, Bavaria
Attributed in this ed. (as in all mss. and early eds.) to a Cyrillus Episcopus, variously identified with Saint Cyrillus, Bp. of Jerusalem, Saint Cyrillus of Thessalonica, or Cyrillus de Quidenon. Cf. J.G.T. Gr... More
De vita et beneficijs Saluatoris Iesu Christi deuotissimas meditatione...
Rosenwald 151 Goff M-433 Hain-Copinger 10994 BM 15th cent., II, p. 354 (IA.6085) Bound with [Bertoldus, Dominican]. Horologiu[m] deuotionis circa vitam Christi. Augsburg, 1489. LC copy rubricated. A few margina... More
Vnser lieben Frawen Psalter - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...
Woodcut title. Rosenwald 159 Goff R-363 Hain-Copinger 14042 (variations) Schramm, VI, p. 15, 19, and illus. 84-88, 590-591 LC copy: half leather over boards, lined with incunabulum leaves.
Formulario de epistole vulgar missiue & responsiue & altri fiori de or...
Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Variously attributed to Cristoforo Landino and Bartolommeo Miniatore. Signatures: a-e⁸. Goff M-583 GW M16883 Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) im00583000 Capital spaces, s... More
Spiegel der waren Rhetoric vss M. Tulio C. vnd andern getütscht, mit i...
Signatures: a⁸ b-[long s]⁶ s-v⁶ u⁶ w⁶ x-z⁶ A-B⁶ C¹⁰ D⁸. Rosenwald 165 Goff R-197 Hain-Copinger 13914. BM 15th cent., III, p. 696 (IB. 14213). Vollbehr H13914. Thacher no. 216
Mesue uulgate - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Imprint from colophon, transposed: imprint date appears before printer's statement. Signatures: pi⁴ a-b⁸ c-o⁶ p⁸ (a1 blank). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry M-521 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliog... More
Liber cronicarum, cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi
Title extracted from woodcut title of register (leaf [1a]), which begins: Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum ... Illus. by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Rosenwald 163 Goff S-307 Hain-Copinger ... More
Artium & medicine doctoris magistri Matthei de Lucha de diebus cretici...
Title from caption on leaf a2. Place and date from colophon; printer from ISTC (online). Signatures: a⁸. Goff M-373 Hain-Copinger (Addendum)-Reichling 10257 GW M21768 BM 15th cent. IV, p. 136 (IA. 18993) ISTC (... More
Buch der Croniken vnd Geschichten mit Figuren vnd Pildnussen von Anbeg...
Title extracted from woodcut title of register (leaf [1a]), which begins: Register des Buchs der Croniken ... Illus. by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Translated by Georg Alt. LC copy 2 bound with: ... More
Textus De Sphera Iohannis de Sacrobosco : Cum Additione (quantum neces...
Imprint from colophon, transposed: date appears first. Printed by Johann Higman for Wolfgang Hopyl. Cf. ISTC. Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ c¹⁰. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-414 Hain, L. Repertorium bibli... More
Thesoro dela Passion sacratissima de Nuestro Redemptor
Goff D-138 Hain 6088 Haebler, K. Bib. ibérica, 200 (variations) Sánchez, J.M. Bib. Zaragozana, 44 (variations) Rosenwald 582 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
De cautelis medicorum - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...
Goff Z-25 Hain-Copinger 16286 BM 15th cent., V, p. 470 (IA.23483) Klebs 1058.1 Vollbehr H16286
Epytoma Ioannis de Monte Regio in Almagestum 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 ... More
Compost et kalendrier des bergiers, nouuellement et autrement compose ...
Title extracted from leaf [1a]. Printed in black and red. Contents as in GW. Goff C-56 Hain 5584 Copinger 1725 GW 5910 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 436 Bound with Ordinaire des chrétie... More
Kalender Maister Johannes Künigsperger, Augsburg, Bavaria
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. Rosenwald... More
Tractatus de apparationibus et receptaculis animarum exutarum corporib...
Signatures: A-K⁴. Rosenwald 173 Goff J-24 Hain-Copinger 15543 BM 15th cent., I, p. 300 (IA.5083) Proctor 1466
Tractatus de arte bene viuendi beneque moriendi
Goff A-1099 Hain-Copinger 1846 BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 63 (IA.39676) GW 2612 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 437 LC copy: provenance: Sir David Dundas; Charles W.G. Howard.
Der Ritter vom Turn von den Exempeln der Gotsforcht und Erberkeit
Translated by Marquart von Stein. Signatures: A⁸ B-M⁶. Rosenwald 192 Goff L-74 Hain 15515 LC copy: provenance: Ochsenhausen monastery (t.p. inscription).
Uerba deponentalia Iohannis Synthin
In verse, with the commentary of Johannes Synthen. Rosenwald 194 Goff G-92 Reichling 734 Bound with Ebrardi, Udalricus. Modus Latinitatis. [Basel] 1499.--Compendium octo partium orationis. Compendium octo parti... More
Ioannis Pici Mirandulae Concordiae comitis Disputationum aduersus astr...
Caption title (leaf a1 recto). Imprint from colophon (leaf t4 verso), with correction by Goff. "A reprint of pt. II of Hain 12993*, with original colophon unchanged [H12992*(II)]"--Goff. Signatures: a-s⁶ t⁴ u⁶.... More
Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen
Sometimes attributed to Johann Stump, also to a Dominican, Hamelmann. Cf. Die Chroniken der niederrheinischen Städte, II, p. 211-212. Rosenwald 197 Goff C-476 Hain-Copinger 4989 BM 15th cent., I, p. 299 (IB.50... More
Elegantissimum de passione Domini opusculum, heroico ac pene Virgilian...
Rosenwald 199 Goff V-84 Hain-Copinger 15843 BM 15th cent., I, p. 307 (IA.5239) Schramm, VIII, p. 16, 28, and illus.
Qui comincia el libro del maestro e del discipulo
Title from caption. The text is derived from the Elucidarium of Honorius Augustodunensis. Cf. Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) Signatures: a-e⁴. Goff H-337 Hain 8821 GW M09390 Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd e... More
Monstrosa hominis forma - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congres...
Rosenwald 198 Goff L-258 Hain 10162 BM 15th cent., III, p. 679 (IA.13546) Schramm, XVI, p. 12, 17, and illus.
Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri & emendati ... Marci M...
This collection, edited by Franciscus Niger, is titled by Hain "Scriptores astronomici veteres." First colophon dated June 1499. Printer's epistle on leaf [1b] dated "decimosexto Calendas nouem." Goff F-191 Hai... More
Büchlein von bewährter Arznei der Pferde
Rosenwald 206 Copinger 4729 GW 5679 Schramm, XIII, p. 7, 6(2nd group), and illus. LC copy has ms. recipes on flyleaf. Provenance: Herz. S. Meining. Öffentl. Bibliothek. Not in Goff
Ars moriendi, ex varijs Scripturarum sententijs collecta cum figuris, ...
Rosenwald 208 Goff A-1120 GW 2579 LC copy bound by Duru.
Horas de Nossa Senora segundo costume Romano, con as horas do Spirito ...
Printed in black and red, with printed red initials. Signatures: a-p⁸. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff H-404 Bohatta, H. Livres d'Heures (2. Aufl.), 1567 Rosenwald 451 ... More
Hec practica narrat de presenti anno et sequentibus quamplurimis annis...
Imprint from Goff and ISTC (online). This copy with state of colophon and quiring described by BM 15th cent. as second edition; reprint of IA. 2548 in BM 15th cent., v. 1, p.165; with different woodcuts on the ... More
Die vier vnd zwenzig Alten - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...
Rosenwald 201 Goff O-123 Hain-Copinger 12130 BM 15th cent., I, p. 167 (IB.2473) Schramm, XX, p. 21, 30, and illus. LC copy: contemporary blind-stamped brown calf over boards, clasps; lettered: Die uier und zwen... More
![Meditatio[ne]s Iordani de vita et passio[n]e Ih[es]u [Christ]i.Meditationes de vita et passione Jesu Christi [from old catalog][Magdeburg, Moritz Brandis ca. 1500?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvbWVkaXRhdGlvbmVzLWlvcmRhbmktZGUtdml0YS1ldC1wYXNzaW9uZS1paGVzdS1jaHJpc3RpbWVkaXRhdGlvbmVzLWRlLXZpdGEtM2ZmOGM4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/92/webp "Meditatio[ne]s Iordani de vita et passio[n]e Ih[es]u [Christ]i.Meditationes de vita et passione Jesu Christi [from old catalog][Magdeburg, Moritz Brandis ca. 1500?]")
Meditatio[ne]s Iordani de vita et passio[n]e Ih[es]u [Christ]i.Meditat...
Rosenwald 209 Goff J-475 Copinger-Reichling 3372 Campbell-Kronenberg 1049 Bound with Rosarium Beatae Mariae Virginis. Rosariu[m] Beate Marie V[ir]g[in]is. [Magdeburg, ca. 1500?] LC copy imperfect: leaves [9-16]... More
Isidori iunioris Hispalensis episcopi prologus in librum de responsion...
Title from caption, leaf [1]1. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: [1]⁸ ([1]1+chi1) [2]¹²(-[2]12). Possibly issued with his Etymologiae (19 Nov. 1472). Cf. Goff. Goff I-191 Hain 9302* GW M15281 BM 15th cent., II... More
Collationes patrum XXIV., Augsburg, Bavaria
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaf [162a] (colophon): Hie ennde[t] sich Die viervn[d]zweinczig guldin Harpffen, die gezogen seind auss collac[i]o[n]ib[us] pat[rum] [durch H... More
Tractatum de spera quatuor capitulis distinguimus ... Theorica planeta...
Titles from opening lines on p. 1 and explicit on p. [81]. The Sphaera mundi is by Joannes de Sacro Bosco. The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, ... More
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. Pars aestivalis
Leaf [2a]: Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben ... 211 printed leaves, with probably two blank leaves at the end (wanting in LC copy). The "Winterteil" (Hain-Copinger 9968, pt. 2), which complete... More
Geographica Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sca...
First 10 books translated by Guarinus Veronensis, the remainder by Gregorius Tifernas. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d-e⁸ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁸ l-n¹⁰ o-p⁸ q-s¹⁰ t⁸ u⁸⁻¹ x-y¹⁰ z⁸ A⁸]. Goff S-794 Hain-Copinger 15087 Proctor 4042 (3 Ve... More
Publius Terentius Afer Carthagine natus ..
Title from first line, leaf [1]2. Imprint from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) Signatures: [1]⁸ [2-3]¹⁰ [4-5]⁶ [6-9]⁸ [10]⁶ [11-12]⁸ [13-15]¹⁰ [16]⁸ [17-19]¹⁰ [20]⁸ [21]¹⁰ [22-23]⁸ [24]¹⁰ [25-26]⁶ [27-29]⁸ [... More
Calendarium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in red and black. Goff R-92 Hain-Copinger 13775 BM 15th cent., II, p. 456 (IA.7877) Schramm, XVIII, p. 5, 16, and illus. Rosenwald 25 ... More
Incipit liber compilationis phisonomie
Uniform title from Goff; title from incipit; imprint from colophon. Signatures: [1-2¹⁰ 3-5⁸ 6⁶] Colophon: Anno domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo quarto hoc de phisonomia opus Petri padubanensis p[e... More
Postilla in Job - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff T-236 Hain 1397 BM 15th cent., II, p. 513 (IB.8919) Rosenwald 52 LC copy rubricated throughout. Ms. note on leaf [1a]: Hunc librum legavi... More
Ars moriendi - German Block Book
Block book. Leaves printed on both sides. Signatures: [a¹⁴]. Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, IV, p. 267-312 (ed. XII, with slight variations) BM 15th cent., I, p. 5 (IA.24) Rosenwald 26 LC copy bound with: Passio Chri... More
In nomine sancte et indiuidue trinitatis, patris et filij et spiritus ...
Title from opening line, leaf [1]1. Place of imprint and date from colophon; printer from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.). Edited by Arnošt of Pardubice, archbishop of Prague. Signatures: [1]-[7]⁸ [8]⁴. Gof... More
Summa naturalium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
A commentary on the books of Aristotle on physics, the heavens and the world, generation and corruption, meteors, the soul, and metaphysics. Another issue printed by Valdarfer on the same day has 167 leaves (si... More
Der Sele Trost., 15th century, Augsburg, Bavaria
Leaf iija: Das ist der Sele Trost genannt ... Comprises only the first part of the earlier (Cologne, 1474) Low German ed. and is an independent version of it. Rosenwald 71 Goff S-358 Hain 14582 BM 15th cent., I... More
Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi felicite...
Titles from p. [1], [57] (incipits, printed in red). The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, although some authorities ascribe it to the Gerardus Cr... More
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron.
Leaf ia: Diss Buch ist gena[n]nt Die vierundczweinczig Alte[n], od[er] D[er] guldin Tron ... Rosenwald 76 Goff O-119 Hain 12128 BM 15th cent., II, p. 347 (IB.5890) Schramm, IV, p. 15, 50, and illus. Also availa... More
Geographica, Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...
First 10 books translated by Guarinus Veronensis, the remainder by Gregorius Tifernas. Signatures: a¹⁰ b-z⁸ &⁸ A-P⁸ Q⁶. Goff S-796 Hain-Copinger 15089 BM 15th cent., VI, p. 896 (IB.28422) LC copy differs from H... More
Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as o...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. This translation of De senectute (Cato maior), though frequently ascribed to John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, is probably by William Worcester... More
Prospectiua communis d. Iohannis archiepiscopi Cantuariensis fratris o...
Title from opening words, leaf a2. Edited by Facius Cardanus. Ampersand in leaf a1 verson caption represents a Tironian sign. Printer from colophon (in verse: "... Faustis Corneni clauditur auspitijs. ..."); pl... More
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron
Leaf ia: Disz Buch ist genant die xxiiii Alten od[er] der guldin Tron ... Rosenwald 98 Goff O-120 Hain 12129 BM 15th cent., II, p.351 (IB.5961) IGI 7040 Schramm, IV, p. 33, 51 and illus. Also available in digit... More
Meditationes, seu Contemplationes devotissimae
Goff T-540 Reichling 1100 Dyson Perrins. Ital. book-illustr., 34 Rosenwald 239 LC copy has bookplate of C.W. Dyson Perrins. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Itinerarium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Leaf [1a]: (woodcut title): Iohannes von Monteuilla, Ritter. Translated by Otto von Diemeringen from the French original, supplemented by a Latin translation. Rosenwald 110 Goff M-167 Hain-Copinger 10649 BM 15t... More
Preclarissimus liber completus in iudicijs astrorum
Title from caption, leaf a1. Imprint from colophon. Ampersand in imprint transcription represents a tironian sign. "... eme[n]datus p[er] dominu[m] Bartolomeu[m] de Alten ...": colophon. Signatures: pi⁴ a-t⁸. ... More
Eyn Duytz Kallender gemacht na dem Cisioianus
Begins: der Hardmaynt hait xxxi Dach. Calender in Low German, printed in black and red. Rosenwald 113 Goff C-699a Copinger 2234 BM 15th cent., I, p. 268 (IC.4481) GW 7056 Schramm, VIII, p. 25 and illus. Heitz, ... More
Nouiciis adolfscentibus sic: ad astronomicam rempu. capessendam aditum...
Title from incipit; imprint from colophon. Signatures: 1-6⁸ 7¹⁰. Goff J-406 Hain-Copinger 14111 BM 15th cent., V, p. 290 (IA. 20546) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ij00406000 LC copy has some hand-colored i... More
Legenda aurea de Sanctis - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...
Goff J-115 Copinger 6445 Murray, C.F. French books, 588 Rosenwald 389 LC copy: initials and paragraph marks supplied in red, initial strokes in yellow; illus. partly colored in yellow. Bookplate of G. de Longeville.
Flores musice omnis cantus Gregoriani
A didactic poem, accompanied by a commentary in prose and by musical examples. Rosenwald 130 Goff F-217 Hain-Copinger 7174 BM 15th cent, I, p. 121 (IA.1641) (variations) IGI 4924 LC copy rubricated throughout. ... More
Speculum humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel, Augsburg, Bavaria
Woodcut title. Colophon: Hye endet sich der Spiegel menschliches Lebens ... Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Rosenwald 125 Goff R-233 Hain 13950 BM 15th cent., II, p. 392 (IB.6805) LC copy: the two lines of ... More
Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben
Title extracted from colophon (leaf ccclxxxvb). Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Cf. E. Panofsky's A. Dürer, II, p. 52. Signatures: [a² b-v⁸ x⁶ y⁸ z⁶ A-Z⁸, 2a⁸ 2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸]. Rosenwald 127... More
Lart de cheualerie selon Vegece
A compilation by Christine de Pisan, mainly from the French translation of Vegetius by Jean de Vignai, with additions from the Arbres des batailles of Honoré Bonet. Cf. M.J. Pinet's Christine de Pisan, p. 358 ... More
De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus, Teutonice Vnholden vel Hexen
Rosenwald 134 Goff M-795 Hain-Copinger 11536 BM 15th cent., II, p. 587 (IA.10727) IGI 6688 LC copy rubricated throughout.
Compilatio Leupoldi, ducatus Austrie filij, de astrorum scientia, dece...
Rosenwald 133 Goff L-185 Hain-Copinger 10042 BM 15th cent., II, p. 382 (IA.6679) IGI 5747 LC copy rubricated; woodcuts part hand-colored. Contemporary marginalia; notes and verse at end. Ex libris Liechtensteinianis.