![[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: the fox and the crane, ca. 1479 - item 57]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NzkvMDEvMDEvd29vZGN1dHMtdXNlZC10by1pbGx1cy1mYWJsZXMtZnJvbS1pbmN1bmFidWxhMTk2Ni10aGUtZm94LWFuZC10aGUtY3JhbmUtY2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: the fox and the crane, ca. 1479 - item 57]")
[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: the fox and th...
Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
St. John writing and the Trinity
Public domain illustrated book page scan, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The concept of the Trinity is a central doctrine of Christianity that... More
![[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surrounded by symbols of fables, 1481 - #60]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0ODEvMDEvMDEvd29vZGN1dHMtdXNlZC10by1pbGx1cy1mYWJsZXMtZnJvbS1pbmN1bmFidWxhMTk2Ni1hZXNvcC1zdXJyb3VuZGVkLWJ5LXN5bWJvbHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surrounded by symbols of fables, 1481 - #60]")
[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...
Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
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
Perush ha-Mishnayot, Dorot Jewish Books Division
Public domain photograph related to the Jewish history, Jews, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
![Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum.Hours [from old catalog]Paris, Philippe Pigouchet, 19 Apr. 1494.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTQvMDEvMDEvY2F0aG9saWMtY2h1cmNoLWxpdHVyZ3ktYW5kLXJpdHVhbC1mcm9tLW9sZC1jYXRhbG9naG9yYWUtYmVhdGFlLXZpcmdpbmlzLW1hcmlhZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum.Hours [from old catalog]Paris, Philippe Pigouchet, 19 Apr. 1494.")
Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Horae Beatae Vi...
Signatures: +⁸ a-i⁸ l[et]⁸ l⁴. Goff H-376 Reichling 1764 (variations) IGI 4835 Rosenwald 425 LC copy imperfect: leaves [82-83] wanting. Initials and capitals supplied in red or blue; several illus. partly hand-... More
Krakow - An old book with a drawing of a city
Public domain image of a vintage historic city view, cityscape, plan, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
![[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century, engraving, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MDUvMDEvMDEvaW5jdW5hYnVsYS1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLTE1MDUtMy02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century, engraving, Library of Congress")
[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century, engraving, Library of ...
3 illus. on verso of title page, v. 1. Illus. in: Ulrich Pender, Der Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Marie (Nuremburg, 1505). Ref. copy may be in LOT 4444 B. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
![[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MDUvMDEvMDEvaW5jdW5hYnVsYS1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLTE1MDUtMi02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century")
[Incunabula illustrations, 1505], 16th century
Jesus and two theives on crosses. Illus. in: Ulrich Pender, Der Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Marie (Nuremburg, 1505), p. cci - verso, v. 1. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
![[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MDUvMDEvMDEvaW5jdW5hYnVsYS1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLTE1MDUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Co...
p. xciv - verso, v. 1. Illus. in: Ulrich Pender, Der Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Marie (Nuremburg, 1505). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
![[Incunabula illus. of woman (St. Bridget) in prayer]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MTcvMDEvMDEvaW5jdW5hYnVsYS1pbGx1cy1vZi13b21hbi1zdC1icmlkZ2V0LWluLXByYXllci02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "[Incunabula illus. of woman (St. Bridget) in prayer]")
[Incunabula illus. of woman (St. Bridget) in prayer]
Illus. in: Hortulus Animae...(Lugduni, 1517). Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
![[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MDUvMDEvMDEvaW5jdW5hYnVsYS1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLTE1MDUtMS02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Co...
Diptych of Adam & Eve with snake and priest celebrating Mass separated by Jesus on Cross. Illus. in: Ulrich Pender, Der Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Marie (Nuremburg, 1505) p. ccxxix - verso, v. 2. Ref. cop... More
Biblia Latina - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff B-526 Hain 3031 GW 4201 Schwenke, P. Johannes Gutenbergs 42-zeilige Bibel, no. 12 (p. 10) and p. 23, 25, 41, 48 LC copy on vellum. Leaf [... More
Catholicon., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Rosenwald 31 Goff B-20 Hain-Copinger 2254 GW 3182, variant 2. Stillwell, M.B. Gutenberg and the Catholicon of 1460, no. 70 (1 line space above... More
Constitutiones - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed on vellum, in black and red. With the gloss of Giovanni d'Andrea. Hain-Copinger 5410 GW 7077, variant note 2. Ricci. Cat. Mayence, 66;... More
Biblia pauperum - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
One of the block books that has survived in the greatest numbers is the Biblia pauperum, a compendium of scripture prepared for the poor and the minor clergy, providing them with material for prayer and reflect... 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
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
Summa confessorum, Augsburg, Bavaria
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaf [277b] (colophon): Hier enndet sich Su[m]ma Ioha[n]nis, die gezogen ist auss dem heyligen Decret Buch vnd von Latein in Tewtsch gemacht d... 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
Biblia, Augsburg, Bavaria - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
Printed in black and red. Rosenwald 58 Goff B-627 Hain-Copinger 3133 (variations) BM 15th cent., II, p. 323 (IC.5571) GW 4298 (+ note) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy... 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
Biblia, Augsburg, Bavaria - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
Rosenwald 59 Goff B-626 Hain 3131 BM 15th cent., II, p. 358 (IC.6153) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: initials supplied in red or blue, a few decorated, some illumin... 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
Die guldin Bibel, innhaltend Belonung der Tugennt vnnd Strouf der Last...
Title extracted from caption of preface (leaf [1a]). Rosenwald 68 Goff R-21 Hain-Copinger 13690 BM 15th cent., II, p. 359 (IB.6177) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ru... 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
Abubecri rasis filij zacharie Liber
A collection of 15 medical tracts including 8 by Rāzī with his Kitāb al-Manṣūrī first, 5 tracts of Hippocrates, and 1 of Galen. Caption title; imprint from colophon. Signatures: pi⁶ a-l⁸ m⁴ n-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸... More
Mercurii Trismegisti Liber de potestate et sapientia Dei
Title from caption, leaf a1; imprint from leaf pi1. Signatures: pi⁴ a-b⁸ c-f⁴ g⁸ (pi1 and g8 blank). Goff H-79 Hain-Copinger-Reichling 8458 GW 12312 BM 15th cent., V, p. 280 (IA. 20895) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM... More
Vita et Fabulae - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Compiled by Heinrich Steihöwel and originally published ca. 1477 (Ulm, Zainer). Cf. Steinhöwel's Äsop, hrsg. von H. Österley, 1873 (Biblio... More
Postilla super Epistolas et Evangelia
Leaf [2a]: Incipit Postilla super Euangelia. Date from colophon on leaf [70a]. Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁶ A-E⁸. Goff G-677 Hain 8261 Rosenwald 380 LC copy: inscription on leaf [1a]: Monasterium Althomÿnster, 1543. Co... More
Histori wie die Türcken vnd andre Geschlecht der Vngleubigen die crist...
Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]). Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Cf. Friedrich Kraft's H. Steinhöwels Verdeutschung der Historia Hiersolymitana. Strassburg, 1905 (Quellen und Forschungen, 94). Fir... More
Das Buch der Weisshait der alten Weisen von Anbeginne der Welt von Ges...
Title extracted from explicit (leaf [195a]). Translated from the Latin version of Giovanni da Capua by Anthonius von Pforr. For genealogy of this translation, see the "pedigree" in Bīdpāʼi. Arabic version. Ka... More
Biblia - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
The woodcuts are those of the Low German Bible printed ca. 1478 by Quentell, Cologne. Rosenwald 93 Goff B-632 Hain 3137 BM 15th cent., II, p. 424 (IC.7283) GW 4303 Schramm, XVII, p. 3, 8; v. 8, illus. 358-372 (... More
Theodori Graeci Thessalonicensis ad Nicolaum Quintum Pont. Max
Title from caption, leaf A2. Imprint from colophon. Edited and with a table by Giorgio Merula; translated by Theodōros Gazēs. Signatures: A-H⁸ I-L⁶ a⁸ b⁶ c-h⁸ i-k⁶ (A1 blank). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in America... 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
Le liure des Eneydes - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress s...
Title extracted from colophon. A prose paraphrase rather than a translation. Signatures: a-c⁸ d-g⁶ h-l⁸ m⁶. Goff V-200 Hain 3363 (II) Copinger 6160 (variations) BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 236 (IB.41522) Claudin, A... 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
Le doctrinal du temps présent - Rare book, public domain, Library of C...
In verse and prose. Goff M-567 Hain 11139 Copinger 4021 Droz, E., ed. Abusé en court, pt. 2 (variation) Rosenwald 384 LC copy: leaf [2] supplied in facsimile. Capitals supplied in red. Provenance: Montesquieu... 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.
Reformation der Stadt Nürnberg - Rare book, public domain, Library of ...
The woodcut is attributed to Michael Wolgemut. Rosenwald 107 Goff R-37 Hain-Copinger 13716 BM 15th cent., II, p. 426 (IB.7315) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: illust... 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
Speculum naturale - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Part of the author's Speculum maius. Vol. 1: [320] leaves (the first (wanting) and [20] blank); v. 2: [282] leaves (the first and last blank). Goff V-293 Copinger 6257 BM 15th cent., II, p. x; III, p. 860 Polai... 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
Aesopus moralisatus - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...
The Latin metrical version of Anonymus Neveleti. Device of Angelus Britannicus. Goff A-126 LC copy bound in ms. waste from a vellum liturgical music ms. Vollbehr Unknown Aesopus
Buch der Tugend, Augsburg, Bavaria
A German verse rendition of Fiore di virtù. Signatures: a-c⁸ d-l⁶ m-p⁸ q-z⁶ A-C⁸ D-G⁶ H⁸ I⁶. Rosenwald 118 Goff V-300 Schreiber 5436 Schramm, XXIII, p. 18, and illus. LC copy: contemporary ms. notes.
Eunuchus - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Leaf [1a]: Hernach volget ain maisterliche vnd wolgesetzte Comedia zelesen vnd zehören lüstig vnd kurtzwylig, die der ... Maister vnd Poet Therencius ... gesetzt hat ... Translated by Hans Neidhart; the comme... More
Chronik von allen Königen und Kaisern
In two parts, both including anonymous continuations of Lirer's original work. Rosenwald 115 Goff L-226 Hain-Copinger 10117 BM 15th cent., II, p. 535 (IB.9351) LC copy bound by F. Bedford. Bookplates: Huth, H.C... 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.
Regule, ordinationes & constitutiones Cancellarie Sanctissimi domini n...
An assembly of papal edicts, etc., affecting the work of the chancery; dates of the documents range from 13 Sept. 1484 through 3 Apr. 1487. Title from first line, leaf [1]1. Ampersands in transcriptions represe... More
Le rommant de la Rose - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...
Begun by Guillaume de Lorris and completed by Jean de Meun. Title from leaf [Ia]: Le Rommant de la Rose. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff R-309 Copinger 5156 = 5157 IGI 4... 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
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
Chronica Hungariae, Augsburg, Bavaria
Rosenwald 124 Goff T-361 Hain-Copinger 15518 (variations) = 15616 BM 15th cent., II, p. 381 (IB.6665) (but with variant heading on leaf [3a], as in C.F. Murray's Cat. early German books, 411) "Epistola Magistri... More
Le champion des dames - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...
Goff F-277 Hain-Copinger 7311 Pellechet 4892 LC copy: provenance: Robert Samuel Turner (bookplate).
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.
Vision deleytable dela philosofia et delas sciençias
Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]). Goff T-389 Hain 15556 BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 356 (IB.42465) Palau y Dulcet, VII, p. 47 Rosenwald 404 LC copy: contemporary ms. notes. Contemporary blind-tooled calf bi... More
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.
Ein allerhailsamste Warnung vor der falschenn Lieb diser Werlt auss La...
Rosenwald 145 Goff W-8 Hain 16150 BM 15th cent., II, p. 464 (IA.8016) LC copy: illus. hand-colored. Vollbehr H16150
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
Les apologues et fables de Laurens Valle,
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Translated from the Latin version of Lorenzo Valla by Guillaume Tardif. Includes Tardif's translation of De salibus virorum illustrium ac face... 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.
De summo bono libri tres Sancti Isidori, Hyspaliensis Episcopi
Rosenwald 161 Goff I-196 Hain-Copinger 9287 BM 15th cent., III, p. 645 (IA.12061) Schramm, XIII, p. 4 (2nd group) LC copy: initials, initial strokes, and some underlines supplied in red. Provenance: Georg Kloss... More
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
Grammatica Nicolai Perotti, - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...
Leaf [3a] printed in black and red. Rosenwald 369 Goff P-332 Hain 12640 BM 15th cent., III, p. 778 (IA.37735) Bound with Probus, Marcus Valerius. Valerii Probi, gra[m]matici, De interpretandis Romanorum litteri... More
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.
Comoedie vtilissime omnem Latini sermonis elegantiam continentes, e qu...
Rosenwald 187 Goff G-512 Hain 8088 BM 15th cent., II, p. 396 (IA.6497) Bound with Perotti, Niccolò, Abp. of Siponto. Gra[m]matica Nicolai Perotti ... [Basel, 1497-1500] LC copy: contemporary blind-stamped leat... More