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Erotemata - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Latin and Greek in opposite columns. Abridged by Guarino Veronese. Preceded by the Lord's prayer and the Hail Mary in Latin and Greek. Rosenwald 238 Goff C-494 Hain-Copinger-Reichling 5020 BM 15th cent., V, p. ... More

Rhetorica ad Herennium - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress...

Has been attributed to M.T. Cicero. Printed on vellum. Rosenwald 214 Goff C-672 Hain 5057 (pt. 1) GW 6709 With this is bound: Cicero, M.T. De inventione. Venice, 1470. The two works were probably issued togethe... 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

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Ars vitae contemplativae., 15th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illus., are printed xylographically. Goff A-1140 Hain 1822 GW 2672 Rosenwald 46 LC copy: illus. hand-c... More

Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimi...

Signatures: a⁸, b⁶, A-B⁸, C-G⁴, H-K⁸, L⁶. Leaf 23 numbered 32. Errata slip inserted. "De America qvarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the s... More

Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimi...

Signatures: a⁸, b⁶, A-B⁸, C-G⁴, H-K⁸, L⁶. Leaf 23 numbered 32. Errata slip inserted. "De America qvarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the s... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

Das Buch genannt der Seuse., Augsburg, Bavaria

Rosenwald 86 Goff S-871 Copinger 5688 BM 15th cent., II, p. 349 (IB.5943) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Contemporary blind-stamped calf binding.

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Liber sextus decretalium., 15th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With the gloss of Joannes Andreæ. Hain. Repertorium (with Copinger's Appendices, Add.) *3590 (variations) Gesamtkat.... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only. Includes illus. of the life of St. John. BM 15th cent., I, p. 3 (IB.41) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch, IV, p. 160-216 (4th ed., 1st state) Rosenwald 23 A... More

Decretales Gregorii IX. Vol. 3.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With a commentary. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d⁶ e⁵ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸ o¹¹ p-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁷ t-x¹⁰ y⁶ z⁷ A-C¹⁰ D⁸ E⁶ F-G¹⁰ H⁹ I-K... More

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...

Block book. Printed in black ink on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 261, 267-312 (ed. IV A) BM 15th ce... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

De arte praedicandi - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

Book 4 of the author's De doctrina Christiana. Goff A-1226 Hain 1956 BM 15th cent., I, p. 52 (IB.510) GW 2871 Rosenwald 35 LC copy: gilt brown morocco by Rivière. Provenance: Huth Collection (bookplate). Gift ... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... 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

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.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Printed in black and red. Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁴⁺¹ a-n⁸ [o]⁸ p-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶ H⁸... More

Speculum regum., 15th century - Public domain medieval manuscript

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Rosenwald 0008 Manuscript, on paper, 2 columns, rubricated. Leaves 1-12 misbound between leaves 25 and 26. Begins (leaf [1a]): Speculu[m] r[e]... More

Esopus constructus moralicatus

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: a-f⁸, g⁴ (last leaf, blank, wanting). The Latin metrical version of the Anonymus Neveleti, known as Aesopus maralisatus, with Lati... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

Ars memorandi per figuras Evangelistarum.

Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only, on versos and rectos alternately, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Of each printed pair, one is text, the other ... More

Esopus [moralisatus]., Venice, Italy, 15th Century

Woodcut t.p., illustrated. The Latin metrical version of the Anonymus Neveleti (known as Aesopus moralisatus) with Italian translation and additions by Accio Zucco. Goff A-153 Hain-Reichling 350 (variations) GW... More

Das Buch genannt der Seuse., Augsburg, Bavaria

Rosenwald 86 Goff S-871 Copinger 5688 BM 15th cent., II, p. 349 (IB.5943) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Contemporary blind-stamped calf binding.

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Liber sextus decretalium., 15th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With the gloss of Joannes Andreæ. Hain. Repertorium (with Copinger's Appendices, Add.) *3590 (variations) Gesamtkat.... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

Decretales Gregorii IX. Vol. 3.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With a commentary. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d⁶ e⁵ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸ o¹¹ p-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁷ t-x¹⁰ y⁶ z⁷ A-C¹⁰ D⁸ E⁶ F-G¹⁰ H⁹ I-K... More

Decretales Gregorii IX. Vol. 3.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With a commentary. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d⁶ e⁵ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸ o¹¹ p-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁷ t-x¹⁰ y⁶ z⁷ A-C¹⁰ D⁸ E⁶ F-G¹⁰ H⁹ I-K... More

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...

Block book. Printed in black ink on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 261, 267-312 (ed. IV A) BM 15th ce... 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

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Andreae Vesalii suorum De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome

Signatures; A-M¹, 2 leaves unsigned. Illus. by J. S. van Calcar. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 906 LAC brd 2018-11-14 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-11-15 review

De arte praedicandi - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

Book 4 of the author's De doctrina Christiana. Goff A-1226 Hain 1956 BM 15th cent., I, p. 52 (IB.510) GW 2871 Rosenwald 35 LC copy: gilt brown morocco by Rivière. Provenance: Huth Collection (bookplate). Gift ... 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

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimi...

Signatures: a⁸, b⁶, A-B⁸, C-G⁴, H-K⁸, L⁶. Leaf 23 numbered 32. Errata slip inserted. "De America qvarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the s... More

Ars memorandi per figuras Evangelistarum.

Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only, on versos and rectos alternately, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Of each printed pair, one is text, the other ... More

Narratio regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam deuastatarum verissim...

Latin translation from the French ed. of 1579, which was a translation of the Spanish title: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. Title within ornamental border; Iodocus a Winghe designed the ... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

De re militari., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of C...

Rosenwald 61 Goff V-106 Hain 15911 Polain 3911 Voulliéme 1201 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated throughout.

De re militari., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of C...

Rosenwald 61 Goff V-106 Hain 15911 Polain 3911 Voulliéme 1201 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated throughout.

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis., 15th century

Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only. Includes illus. of the life of St. John. BM 15th cent., I, p. 3 (IB.41) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch, IV, p. 160-216 (4th ed., 1st state) Rosenwald 23 A... More

Decretales Gregorii IX. Vol. 3.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Printed in black and red. With a commentary. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d⁶ e⁵ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸ o¹¹ p-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁷ t-x¹⁰ y⁶ z⁷ A-C¹⁰ D⁸ E⁶ F-G¹⁰ H⁹ I-K... More

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...

Block book. Printed in black ink on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 261, 267-312 (ed. IV A) BM 15th ce... More

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...

Block book. Printed in black ink on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 261, 267-312 (ed. IV A) BM 15th ce... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...

Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More

Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati f...

The first part, originally published in 1585, is composed of three fascicles, each with a special t. p.: Galliæ tabulę geographicæ ; Belgii Inferioris geographicæ tabulę ; Germaniae tabulę geographicæ. The ... 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

Andreae Vesalii suorum De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome

Signatures; A-M¹, 2 leaves unsigned. Illus. by J. S. van Calcar. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 906 LAC brd 2018-11-14 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-11-15 review

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

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).

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

Ars vitae contemplativae., 15th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illus., are printed xylographically. Goff A-1140 Hain 1822 GW 2672 Rosenwald 46 LC copy: illus. hand-c... More

Ars vitae contemplativae., 15th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illus., are printed xylographically. Goff A-1140 Hain 1822 GW 2672 Rosenwald 46 LC copy: illus. hand-c... More

Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimi...

Signatures: a⁸, b⁶, A-B⁸, C-G⁴, H-K⁸, L⁶. Leaf 23 numbered 32. Errata slip inserted. "De America qvarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the s... More

Herōologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorvm et doctissimorvm aliqovt [s...

Plates engraved by Willem and Magdalena van de Passe. Cf. A.M. Hind. Engraving in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 1952-64, v. 2, p. 145. Engraved t.p. Vol. 2 has half title only. Place of pu... More

Herōologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorvm et doctissimorvm aliqovt [s...

Plates engraved by Willem and Magdalena van de Passe. Cf. A.M. Hind. Engraving in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 1952-64, v. 2, p. 145. Engraved t.p. Vol. 2 has half title only. Place of pu... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

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