Incunabula

The BPL’s incunabula collection embodies the varied output of the 15th-century European printing press. As of February, 2020, the collection is comprised of 583 physical items printed during the 15th century, the majority of which are books (issued either individually or as parts of multi-volume sets). The collection also contains a small number of single-sheet publications, blockbooks, and fragments of books that merit individual cataloging. In total, there are 555 discrete 15th-century edition...

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Incunabula

10,779 11K

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat

1499 1499

by Colonna, Francesco, -1527; Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472; Colonna, Francesco, approximately 1453-1517; Guidobaldo, da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1472-1508; Scytha, Johannes Baptista; Maro, Andreas, active 15th century-16th century; Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, printer; Crasso, Leonardo, publisher; Gottschalk, Paul, 1880-, former owner.

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . The initial letters of successive chapters in this work form an acrostic that includes the author's name: Poliam frater Franciscus Columna permauit.
Topic: Architectural writing

Incunabula

7,475 7.5K

Ortus sanitatis

1499 1499

by Prüss, Johann, 1447-1510, printer; Ponanski, Jaross, former owner

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Signatures: a6-z6, A6-Z6, Aa6-Ll6; signatures a, l, s, B, F, K, N, S, Cc, Ff ,and Hh are in 8
Topic: Natural history

Incunabula

2,858 2.9K

Prefatio su[per] lege[n]das sanctoru[m] [per] anni circuitu[m] venientiu[m] quas co[m]pilauit frater Iacob[us] de Voragine ordinis Predicato[rum] quonda[m] ep[iscopu]s Ianue[n]sis incipit feliciter

1483 1483

by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

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Title from incipit on a1 recto.

Incunabula

2,705 2.7K

Policronicon

1495 1495

by Higden, Ranulf, -1364; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534? printer; Trevisa, John, -1402, translator; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . Higden's work, divided into 7 books and extending to the year 1348, was originally written in Latin. The English translation was made by John Trevisa, who continued it to 1357. The 8th book, 1358-1460, was added by Caxton, who in 1482 printed the work from Trevisa's translation, revising the antiquated text. This edition is a reprint of Caxton's edition; the text is unaltered and...
Topics: World history, Geography

Incunabula

3,240 3.2K

Horatij Flacci Venusini. Poete lirici Opera : cu[m] quibusdam annotatio[n]ib[us]. Imaginibusq[ue] pulcherrimis. aptisq[ue] ad Odaru[m] concentus & sententias

1498 1498

by Horace; Pomponius Porphyrio, active 3rd century; Mancinelli, Antonio, 1452-approximately 1505; Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504; Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480; Grüninger, Johann, -1532? printer; Pseudo-Acro; Locher, Jacob, 1471-1528

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Imprint information taken from colophon
Topic: Lyric poetry

Incunabula

1,904 1.9K

Leonis Baptiste Alberti de re aedificatoria

1485 1485

by Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472; Alberti, Bernardo, editor; Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494. Epistola ad Laurentium Medicem; Baptista, Siculus. Carmen ad lectorem; Laurentii, Nicolaus, active 1475-1486, printer; Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner. MB

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Title from caption on a2
Topic: Architecture

Incunabula

2,280 2.3K

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia

1486 1486

by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

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30 cm (fol.)

Incunabula

3,149 3.1K

Register des Buchs der Croniken vnd Geschichten : mit Figure[n] vnd Pildnüssen von Anbegi[n]n der Welt bis auf dise v[n]nsere Zeit

1493 1493

by Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514; Alt, Georg, approximately 1450-1510, translator; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, woodcutter; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, woodcutter; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Schreyer, Sebald, 1446-1520; Kammermeister, Sebastian, -1503

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This, the first German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, details the history of the world through the year of its publication, in 1493, along with a final section describing the anticipated last days. The text of this edition was translated by Georg Alt from the original Latin of Hartmann Schedel and was printed in December of 1493 at the press of Anton Koberger. The Nuremberg chronicle contains over one thousand woodcut illustrations by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Along with...
Topics: Chronology, Historical, World history

Incunabula

7,040 7.0K

Cosmographia

1482 1482

by Ptolemy, 2nd cent; D'Angelo, Jacopo, tr; Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent., ed; Schnitzer, Johann; Hol, Lienhart, printer

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . Title and imprint from Goff and ISTC
Topics: Cosmography, Geography, Atlases, German, Geography, Ancient, Early maps

Incunabula

434 434

Liber quadripartiti Ptholomei ..

1493 1493

by Ptolemy, active 2nd century

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[2], 152 leaves : 33 cm (fol.)
Topics: Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Tetrabiblos, Astrology -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Arab --...

Incunabula

1,865 1.9K

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia

1475 1475

by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298; Zainer, Gunther, -1478, printer; Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958, former owner. MB

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Date from ISTC: a copy at Munchen BSB has a MS. date of 1475
Topics: Christian saints, Church calendar

Incunabula

1,070 1.1K

Incipit libellus de uita & morib[us] ph[ilosoph]or[rum] & poetar[um]

1473 1473

by Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner; Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897, autographer

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Title from incipit on [1]₂ recto; imprint from ISTC.
Topic: Philosophers, Ancient

Incunabula

2,006 2.0K

[Vitae pontificum]

1481 1481

by Platina, 1421-1481; Squarciafico, Girolamo, author of introduction, etc; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Fabricius, Johannes, active 16th century, former owner; Fabricius, David, former owner; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner; Garrigue & Christern, bookseller

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Title from ISTC; imprint derived from colophon ([20]₈ recto): Excellentissimi historici Platine in vitas summorum pontificum ad Sixtum IIII pontificem maximum preclaru[m] opus feliciter explicit. Accurate castigatu[m] ac impe[n]sa Antonij Koburger Nurenberge impressu[m] iij Idus Augusti consummatum anno salutis [Christ]iane Mcccclxxxi.
Topics: Jesus Christ, Popes

Incunabula

2,138 2.1K

Iohannis Bocacii de Cercaldis historiographi prologus in libros De casibus virorum illustrium incipit

1474 1474

by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375; Husner, Georg, -1505, printer; Maggs Bros., former owner. MB

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Title from incipit ([1]₂ recto); imprint from ISTC.
Topic: Kings and rulers

Incunabula

864 864

Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat va[n] Coelle[n]

1499 1499

by Stump, Johann

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . [12], lvij, [5], lix-cccl, [2] leaves : 31 cm (fol.)
Topics: Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents, Cologne (Germany) -- History, Germany -- History --...

Incunabula

2,565 2.6K

Postilla seu expositio l[itte]ralis [et] moralis Nicolai de Lira Or[dinis] Mi[norum] sup[er] ep[isto]las [et] eva[n]gelia q[ua]dragesimalia : cu[m] q[uesti]onib[us] Fr[atr]is Antonij Betontini eiusde[m] ordinis

1494 1494

by Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349; Nicolaus, de Mutina; Antonius, de Bitonto, ca. 1385-1465; Alexander, of Hales, ca. 1185-1245; Emerich, Johann, fl. 1487-1506, printer; Giunta, Luca-Antonio, 1457-1538, publisher; Dunn, George, 1864-1912, former owner

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Edited by Nicolaus de Mutina
Topic: Bible

Incunabula

1,260 1.3K

Das Büch der Schatzbehalter, oder, Schrein der waren Reichtümer des heils und ewyger Seligkeit genant

1491 1491

by Fridolin, Stephan, approximately 1430-1498; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, illustrator; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, illustrator; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer

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Title from colophon; imprint from ISTC and Goff
Topics: Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Source: folio

Incunabula

303 303

Liber de proprietatib[us] reru[m] Bartholomaei anglici

1491 1491

by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

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[258] leaves ; 28 cm (fol.)
Topics: Civilization, Medieval, Science, Medieval

Incunabula

1,071 1.1K

De trinitate

1489 1489

by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

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Title from incipit on a2 recto

Incunabula

1,198 1.2K

Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furent acheuees le xvii. iour de Auril. Lan .M.CCCC.iiii.xx. et xvii. pour Simon vostre Libraire demoura[n]t a la rue neueu a lenseigne sainct Jehan leuangeliste

1496 1496

by Catholic Church; Pigouchet, Philippe, active 15th century-16th century, printer; Vostre, Simon, active 1488-1520, bookseller; Belton House (Lincolnshire, England), former owner

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Imprint derived folophon (l8 verso): Ces presentes heures a lusage de Ro[m]me furent acheuees le. xx. iour de Mars Lan M.CCCC.iiii.xx [et] xvi. pour Simon vostre Libraire demourant a paris en la rue neuue a lenseigne sainct Iehan leuangeliste.

Incunabula

3,629 3.6K

Summa que uocat[ur] catholicon

1460 1460

by Balbi, Giovanni, -1298; Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468, printer

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . Title from first line of text, printer's name from Needham, date of printing from colophon
Topic: Latin language
Source: folio

Incunabula

2,894 2.9K

Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi: in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime

1482 1482

by Euclid; Adelard, of Bath, approximately 1116-1142, translator; Campano, da Novara, -1296, commentator; Mocenigo, Giovanni, 1408-1485, dedicatee; Hypsicles, of Alexandria; Isidorus, of Miletus, 6th century; Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187, translator; Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528, printer

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . Title from incipit printed in red on leaf a2 recto.
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Topic: Geometry

Incunabula

698 698

Cursus optimarum questionum cum textualibus expositionibus Porphyrii atq[ue] veteris logicae Arestotelis sicut maximi parisius regentes tradiderunt multorum peritorum opiniones recitantes : finaliter se resoluentes ad mentem subtilissimi doctoris iohan[n]is Scoti ordinis minorum

1492 1492

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[1], lxix leaves ; 24 cm (fol.)
Topics: Aristotle, Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge, Philosophy, Ancient, Science,...

Incunabula

1,812 1.8K

[Isolario]

1485 1485

by Bartolommeo da li Sonetti, fl. 1485; Zamberti, Bartolomeo, fl. 1500, attributed name; Guglielmo, da Trino, fl. 1486-1494, printer; Mocenigo, Giovanni, 1408-1485, dedicatee

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A collection of sonnets on the navigation of the Aegean archipelago, this is also thought to be the first printed book to contain navigational sea charts. There are 48 woodcut charts, two of which are double-page illustrations. Leaves [a]1 recto-[a]3 recto contain a dedicatory epistle, in verse, to the Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, his name being disguised in an acrostic.
Topics: Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800, Aegean Islands...

Incunabula

1,759 1.8K

[Glossae ex illustrissimis auctoribus collectae]

1474 1474

by Salomo, III, Bishop of Constance, (ca.) 860-919 or 20; Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915, former owner. MB; St. Ulrich und Afra (Benedictine abbey : Augsburg, Germany), printer; Bradstreet Bindery, binder. MB

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Title and imprint from Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum; date from ISTC.
Source: folio

Incunabula

2,583 2.6K

[Biblia Germanica]

1478 1478

by Quentell, Heinrich, -1501, printer

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Printed in Low German
Topic: Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349

Incunabula

698 698

Vocabularius rerum

1478 1478

by Brack, Wenceslaus, -1496, dubious author; Keller, Johann, printer

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Entries in Latin and German; definitions in Latin
Topics: Latin language, Medieval and modern, German language, Paper

Incunabula

2,438 2.4K

[Biblia Latina : cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering]

1489 1489

by Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420; Gilbert, de La Porree, Bishop, approximately 1075-1154; Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349, commentator for written text; Guillelmus Brito, active 13th century; Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos, approximately 1351-1435; Doring, Mathias, approximately 1400-1469; Scotto, Ottaviano, -1498, publisher; Locatelli, Boneto, active 1486-1523, printer; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner; Peterborough Cathedral, former owner

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Imprint from colophon on leaf ✠11 recto , which reads in full: Venetijs opere & sumptibus Octauiani Scoti Modoetie[n]sis .M. CCCC. LXXXIX. Sexto Jd[us] sextilis
Topic: Bible

Incunabula

1,849 1.8K

[Biblia Latina]

1460 1460

by Mentelin, Johann, approximately 1410-1478, printer; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner

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Higher resolution images of this copy are available on Digital Commonwealth . Exact date of printing is not known, though it is generally given as ca. 1460, based on a copy in the Universitätsbibliothek of Freiburg im Breisgau, which has rubrication dates "1460" at the end of volume 1, and "1461" at the end of volume 2.
Source: folio

Incunabula

429 429

Meditationes vitae Christi

1490 1490

by Pseudo-Bonaventure

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Title from caption at incipit on a4 recto.

Incunabula

1,277 1.3K

[Biblia Latina]

1469 1469

by Eggestein, Heinrich, approximately 1415- printer; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner

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Title and imprint from ISTC
Source: folio

Incunabula

1,616 1.6K

[Trionfi e canzoniere]

1478 1478

by Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374; Lapini, Bernardo, active 1475, commentator for written text; Filelfo, Francesco, 1398-1481, commentator for written text; Rainaldus, de Novimagio, active 1476-1496, printer; Theodor, of Rendsburg, active 1477-1478, printer

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Title devised by cataloger

Incunabula

1,207 1.2K

De animalibus

1476 1476

by Aristotle; Gazes, Theodoros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475, translator; Podocatharus, Ludovicus, -1504, editor; Johann, von Koln, active 1471-1491, printer; Manthen, Johann, active 1471-1481, printer; Aristotle. Historia animalium; Aristotle. De partibus animalium; Aristotle. On the generation of animals; Conant, Lewis S., former owner. MB

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Title and imprint from colophon (2f4 verso): "Finiunt libri de animalibus Aristotelis interprete Theodoro Gaze ... quos Ludouicus Podocatharus Cyprius ex archetypo ipsius Theodori fideliter & dilige[n]ter auscultauit: & formulis imprimi curauit Venetiis per Iohannem de Colonia sociu[m]q[ue] eius Iohanne[m] Ma[n]then de Gherretze[m]. Anno domini M. CCCC. LXXVI."
Topics: Zoology, Animals, Reproduction

Incunabula

1,216 1.2K

Passiouael mitteu Martirologio Dat Wiuter stuck beghint opte[n] Iares Dach met figure[n]

1490 1490

by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

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Title from Catalogue of books printed during the XVth century now in the British Museum

Incunabula

357 357

De institutione arithmetica

1488 1488

by Boethius, -524

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"Incipiunt duo libri de arithmetica anitij manilij feuerini Boetij viri clarissimi [et] illustrissimi ex co[n]sulis ordinarij: patricij: ad patricium simmachum"--Caption title at head of p. [3].

Incunabula

424 424

Astrolabium planum in tabulis ascendens : co[n]tinens qualibet hora at[que] minuto equationes domo[rum] celi mora[m] nati in vtero matris cum quoda[m] tractatu natiuitatum vtili ac ornato, necnon horas inequales pro quolibet climate mundi

1494 1494

by Angelus, Johannes, 1463-1512

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[176] leaves : 23 cm (4to)
Topics: Astrology -- Early works to 1800, Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800, Astronomical instruments --...

Incunabula

373 373

Cosmographia, siue, De situ orbis

1478 1478

by Mela, Pomponius; Renner, Franz, active 1471-1483, printer; Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908, former onwer. MB; Bernard Quaritch (Firm), former owner. MB

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Title and imprint from ISTC
Topic: Geography

Incunabula

2,120 2.1K

Vocabulario universal en latin y en romance

1490 1490

by Alphonsus de Palencia

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Latin dictionary with definitions in Latin and in Spanish.

Incunabula

893 893

[Opera / edited by and with the commentary of Cristoforo Landino]

1482 1482

by Horace

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Title devised by cataloger.

Incunabula

1,300 1.3K

Hic codex Auienii co[n]tinet epigra[m]ma, eiusde[m] Arati phaenomena geographia[m] carmine heroico & oras maritimas trimetro iambico Germanici quoq[ue] & Marci Tulii Arati fragmenta & Sereni uersus de uariis curandis morbis

1488 1488

by Avienus, Rufius Festus; Pisanus, Victor, d. 1549; Valla, Giorgio, 1447-1500; Strata, Antonius de, fl. 1479-1492, printer; Avienus, Rufius Festus. Arati Phaenomena; Aratus, Solensis. Phaenomena. Latin; Dionysius, Periegetes. Orbis terrae descriptio. Latin; Avienus, Rufius Festus. Ora maritima; Germanicus Caesar, 15 B.C.-19 A.D. Phaenomena; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Aratea; Serenus Sammonicus, Quintus. Liber medicinalis

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Title from a3 verso.
Topics: Astronomy, Ancient, Planets, Constellations, Geography, Ancient, Medicine, Ancient, Geography,...

Incunabula

1,042 1.0K

Historia naturalis. Ed: Philippus Beroaldus

1481 1481

by Pliny, the Elder

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Title from caption on a3 recto.
Source: folio

Incunabula

545 545

[De antiquitate Iudaica. De bello Iudaico]

1481 1481

by Josephus, Flavius

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[352] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)
Topics: Bible. Old Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Early works to 1800, Jews -- History -- To 70...

Incunabula

804 804

Ioannis Francisci Philomusi Pisaurensis tetrastichon in Cornucopiae Perottaei laudem ...

1489 1489

by Perottus, Nicolaus

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Imprint derived from colophon (T2 verso): Nicolae Peroti eruditissimi uiri Cornucopiae seu com[m]e[n]tariorum linguae latinae. Impressum Venetiis per magistrum Paganinum de Paganinis Brixiensem anno Domini M cccc.lxxxviiii. pridie idus Maii.

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222 222

Phi[losophi]a d[omini] Alberti M[agni].

1496 1496

by Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280

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[54] leaves : 22 cm (4to)
Topics: Aristotle. Physics, Philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Medieval

Incunabula

3,067 3.1K

Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

1493 1493

by Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514; Schreyer, Sebald, 1446-1520; Kammermeister, Sebastian; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, ill; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, ill; Koburger Press

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This, the first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, details the history of the world through the year of its publication, in 1493, along with a final section describing the anticipated last days. The text was compiled by Hartmann Schedel and was printed at the press of Anton Koberger. The Nuremberg Chronicle contains 1,800 woodcut illustrations by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Along with detailed maps and views of major European cities, the woodcuts depict exotic (and often highly...
Topics: Wood-engraving, Incunabula, World history, Chronicles, Printing

Incunabula

1,827 1.8K

De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames : de Jehan bocasse ; [traslate & iprime nouellemet a paris]

1493 1493

by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375; Verard, Antoine, d. ca. 1513, printer

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Imprint derived from colophon (t5 verso).

Incunabula

670 670

Homiliae super psalmum L: Miserere mei Deus et Epistolas S. Pauli

1483 1483

by John Chrysostom, Saint, -407

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Ascribed by Proctor to Esslingen, by BMC to Urach. Woodcut

Incunabula

1,918 1.9K

The boke of the tales of Canterburie ...

1491 1491

by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400; Pynson, Richard, -1530, printer; J. & J. Leighton, binder. MB

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For information about incunabula at the Boston Public Library, consult the library's incunabula research guide . Title from introductory prohemye (lines 25-31) on a1 recto

Incunabula

352 352

Ouidius metamorphoseos cum commento familiari

1496 1496

by Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D

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[4], Clxxii, [2] leaves : 27 cm (fol.)

Incunabula

604 604

Seelen-Wurzgarten

1483 1483

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Title from Incunabula short title catalogue

Incunabula

2,264 2.3K

Gesta rhomano[rum] cu[m] applicationibus moralisatis ac misticis

1488 1488

by Ticknor, George, 1791-1871, former owner. MB; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner. MB

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Date of publication from colophon (leaf n8r): Ex gestis Romanoru[m] cum plurib[us] applicatis historijs de virtutib[us] et vicijs mystice ad intellectu[m] tra[n]ssu[m]ptis recollectorij finis. Anno n[ost]re salut[is] Mcccclxxxviij Kalendas vero Februarij xviij
Topics: Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and...

Incunabula

1,604 1.6K

[Opera]

1492 1492

by Boethius, -524; Gregori, Gregorio de', active 1480-1528, printer; Gregori, Giovanni de', active 15th century, printer; Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner

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Goff records a number of copies comprising only gatherings 2a-2l of part I, as with the copy described herein.
Topics: Arithmetic, Music theory

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764 764

[Sophologium]

1470 1470

by Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415; Rusch, Adolph, printer

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Title and author from colophon [1]₆ verso: Zophilogium editum a fratre Iacobo magni de Parisius: ordinis heremitar[um] sancti Augu. finit foeliciter.
Source: folio

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528 528

Epistola Christofori Colom. cui [a]etas nostra multu[m] debet : de insulis Indi[a]e supra Gangem nuper inuentis : ad quas perquirendas octauo antea mense auspicijs et [a]ere inuictissimi Fernandi Hispaniarum Regis missus fuerat : ad magnificum d[omi]n[u]m Raphaelem Sanxis eiusdem serenissimi Regis Tesaurariu[m] missa

1493 1493

by Columbus, Christopher; Cosco, Leandro di, translator; Sanchez, Gabriel, -1505; Plannck, Stephan, active 15th century, printer; Carninis, Leonardus de. Epigramma ad invictissimum regem Hispaniarum; Aspinwall, Thomas, 1786-1876, former owner. MB; Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889, former owner. MB

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Signatures: [1⁴] (all leaves unsigned).
Topics: Columbus, Christopher, Indians of the West Indies

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793 793

Bessarionis Cardinalis Sabini & Patriarche Consta[n]tinopolitani capitula libri p[ri]mi aduersus calu[m]niatore[m] Plato[n]is incipiu[n]t feliciter

1469 1469

by Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472, author; Perotti, Niccolo, 1430-1480, translator; Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472. De erroribus interpretis Legum Platonis. Latin; Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472. An natura et ars consilio agant. Latin; Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477, printer; Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478, printer; Ashburner, Walter, 1864-1936, former owner. MB

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Title from caption at beginning of the table of contents on [1]₂ recto.
Topics: Plato, George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486
Source: folio

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219 219

Incipit liber cronicar[um] Euxebii Hieronymi cum superadditis diui hieronymi & Prosperi

1474 1474

by Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340

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[209] leaves ; 29 cm (4to)
Topics: Chronology, Historical, History, Ancient, World history

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389 389

La fontaine de toutes scie[n]ces du philozophe Sydrach

1495 1495

by Sidrac, active 13th century

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[186] leaves : 28 cm (fol.)
Topics: Medicine, Medieval, Science, Medieval, Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600

Incunabula

1,365 1.4K

Rudimentum novitiorum [French] La Mer des histoires

1488 1488

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In two volumes: [12], 257 and 271, [45] leaves.
Source: folio

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620 620

Quintilianum eloquentiae fontem

1471 1471

by Quintilian; Bonisoli, Ognibene, approximately 1412-1474, editor; Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480, printer; Pico master, illuminator. MB; Gale, Arthur, former owner. MB; Breslauer, Martin, 1871-1940, former owner. MB

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Title, imprint, and name of editor from colophon ([22]₉ verso): Quintiliam eloquentiae fontem ab eruditissimo omnibono Leoniceno Emendatum. M. Nicolaus Ienson Gallicus viventibus posterisque miro impressit artificio. Annis .M. CCCCLXXI. mense Maii die .XXI. Deo gratias.
Topics: Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480, Rhetoric, Ancient, Oratory, Ancient, Speeches, addresses,...

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473 473

De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus

1489 1489

by Molitoris, Ulricus

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Imprint from incunabula short title catalogue. Text dated and signed at end (d5v): anno d[omi]ni .m.cccc.lxxxix. die decima ianuarij ... Vlricus molitoris de consta[n]tia ...

Incunabula

1,103 1.1K

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [Low German] Dat duytsche Passionael

1485 1485

by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

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In two parts, the first dated 21 July 1485; the second dated 31 October 1485.

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1,102 1.1K

La Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]

1484 1484

by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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Title from caption on a1 verso.

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579 579

[Opera]

1495 1495

by Aristotle

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5 v. in 6 : 32 cm (fol.)
Topics: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800, Economics -- Early works to 1800, Ethics,...

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2,693 2.7K

Epistolae Marsilii Ficini Florentini

1497 1497

by Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Rappaport, C. E. firm, booksellers, Rome, bookseller

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Imprint from colophon
Topic: Latin letters, Medieval and modern

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1,103 1.1K

Expositio breuis et vtulis super toto psalterio

1476 1476

by Torquemada, Juan de, 1388-1468; Schoffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer

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Author, title, imprint, and date from colophon ([20]₇ recto): Reuerendissimo cardinalis, tituli sancti Sixti domini iohannis de Turrecremata, expositio breuis et vtulis super toto psalterio Moguntie impressa, Anno domini M.cccclxxvi, decima die marcii p[er] petrū Schoyffer de gernszheym feliciter est consūmata.
Topic: Bible

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952 952

Incipit horologium aeternae sapientiae

1497 1497

by Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366; Landen, Johann, approximately 1462-approximately 1521, printer; Conway, Frederick William, 1787-1853, former owner; Connolly, Thomas, former owner. MB

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Date and imprint from colphon (m5): Explicit horologium eterne sapientie Colonie per me Iohannem Landen infra sexdecim domos [con]mora[n]te[m] impresses atq[ue] diligenter correctum. Anno Domini M.cccc.xcvi, mensis Septembris, die vero Nono
Topics: Jesus Christ, Mysticism, Meditations

Incunabula

1,806 1.8K

Incipiu[n]t epistole magistri Petri Blesensis bathonie[n]sis archidyaconi ..

1479 1479

by Peter, of Blois, approximately 1135-approximately 1212; Charrington, John, 1856-1939, former owner. MB; Beaufoy, Henry Benjamin Hanbury, 1786-1851, former owner. MB; Brothers of the Common Life, printer; Bernard Quaritch (Firm), former owner. MB

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Date from Hellinga, W. Fifteenth-century printing types of the Low Countries. Dated about 1480 in Goff

Incunabula

508 508

Cursus optimaru[m] questionum cum textualibus expositionibus noue logice Arestotelis sicut tradiderunt maximi Parisius regentes, multo[rum] perito[rum] opiniones co[m]pendiose cu[m] argumentis et questionibus recitantes, finaliter se ad mentem subtilissimi doctoris Iohannis Schoti ordinis mino[rum] luculentissime resoluentes cuilibet studere volenti summe vtilis

1492 1492

by Duns Scotus, John

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ciiii leaves ; 24 cm (fol.)
Topics: Aristotle, Aristotle

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619 619

Tractatum de instructione seu directione simplicium [con]fessoru[m]

1475 1475

by Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459; John Chrysostom, Saint, -407. De poenitentia; Elyan, Caspar, printer

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Title from caption, leaf [5] recto: Prologus su[per] Tractatum ..
Topics: Penitentials, Confession, Confession (Canon law), Penance (Canon law)

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1,273 1.3K

Liber facetiarum

1478 1478

by Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459; Reinhard, Marcus, printer; Philippi, Nicolaus, printer

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Title from caption ([1]₈ recto): Pogii florentini oratoris clarissimi liber face//tiarum incipit feliciter

Incunabula

1,467 1.5K

Incipit prologus formicarij iuxta edic[i]onem Fratris Ioh[ann]is Nyder ..

1473 1473

by Nider, Johannes, approximately 1380-1438; Zell, Ulrich, -1503, printer

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Title from incipit ([1]₁ recto).
Topics: Theology, Occultism, Witchcraft

Incunabula

1,694 1.7K

Caii Plynii secundi naturalis historiae liber I

1472 1472

by Pliny, the Elder; Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480, printer; Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475, editor; D'Asquier, Michel, former owner. MB

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Title from incipit of preface at head of [1]₄ recto.
Topic: Natural history
Source: folio

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432 432

Super quarto libro Sententia[rum]

1481 1481

by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274

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[310] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)
Topic: Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160. Sententiarum libri IV

Incunabula

3,015 3.0K

Biblia cum tabula : nuper impressa & cum summariis noviter editis

1498 1498

by Bruno, Gabriello, active 1480-1514; Villadeus, Alexander, active 1240; Bevilaqua, Simon, active 1485-1518, printer

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Imprint derived from colophon: Impressum Venetiis p[er] Symonem dictu[s] Beuilaqua. 1498. die octauo Maij

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410 410

Herbarius

1485 1485

by Petri, Johann

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[4], Cl, [20] [i.e. 174] leaves ; 23 cm (4to)
Topic: Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800

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In addition, the collection also contains seven leaf books, which, taken as a group, comprise over 300 individual specimen leaves printed before December 31, 1500. A further 17 editions, formerly thought to have been printed before 1501, but more recently ascribed to later dates, are also included.

Highlights of the incunabula collection include the Latin Bibles of Johannes Mentelin (no later than 1460), and Heinrich Eggestein (1469), along with the German Bibles of Gunther Zainer (1475), Anton Koberger (1483), and Heinrich Quentell (1478); the 1473 Rome printing of Maimonides' Moreh Nevukhim, several specimens of the so-called Dutch prototypography, Caxton's Golden Legend, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499), the first printed edition of Homer's works (1488), the first printed edition of Aristotle's works in the original Greek (1495-1498), and both the Brescia and Florence printings of Dante's Divine Comedy (1487 and 1481 respectively).

Critical funding to support long-term preservation of and enhanced public access to Boston Public Library collections, including this one, was provided by the Associates of the Boston Public Library.

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