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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Libri Philomusi - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan
Includes also letters and verses by Locher. Rosenwald 184 Goff L-264 Hain-Copinger 10153 BM 15th cent., I, p. 112 (IA.1468) IGI 5789 Schramm, XX, p. 5, 23, and illus. LC copy: in last line of colophon: "chistro... More
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
Valerii Probi, grammatici, De interpretandis Romanorum litteris opuscu...
Edited by Giovanni Bonardi. Rosenwald 337 Goff P-996 Hain-Copinger-Reichling 13378 BM 15th cent., V, p. 534 (IA.24095) IGI 8070 Sander 5900 Bound with Perotti, Niccolò, Abp. of Siponto. Gra[m]matica Nicolai Pe... 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
Ars moriendi, ex varijs Scripturarum sententijs collecta cum figuris, ...
Rosenwald 208 Goff A-1120 GW 2579 LC copy bound by Duru.
Reuelationes Sancte Birgitte - Rare book, public domain, Library of Co...
With prefaces by Juan de Torquemada and Matthias de Suecia. Edited by Florian Waldauf. Rosenwald 205 Goff B-688 Hain-Copinger 3205 BM 15th cent., II, p. 445 (IB.7558) GW 4392 "Vita Sancte Birgitte" (abridged fr... 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
Oratio mordacissima Vrbani Prebusini, ostendens damnum quod omnibus se...
Rosenwald 210 Goff P-958 Hain-Copinger 4006 BM 15th cent., I, p. 116 (IA.1543) Schramm, XX, p. 9, 24, and illus. 340
![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
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
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
Historia naturalis - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sca...
Goff P-786 Hain-Copinger-Reichling 13087 (variation) BM 15th cent., V, p. 153 (IC.19506) (variations) Rosenwald 212 LC copy imperfect: last leaf wanting; leaves [1], [2], [354] and [355] inlaid. A few marginal notes.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Incipit libellus de raptu anime Tundali et eius visione Tractans de pe...
First published in German? Cf. Goff T-499. Title from caption, leaf [1]2. Imprint from ISTC. Signatures: [1-3]⁸ [4]⁶ ([1]1 and [4]6 blank). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-497 Hain, L. Repertoriu... 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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Malleus maleficarum - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...
By Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. Imprint from colophon. Ampersand in imprint represents a Tironian sign. Imprint date transposed: statement of year precedes printer's name, while the day and month a... 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