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Creator:
Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434–1520
Title(s):
De plurimis claris sceletisq[ue] mulieribus : opus prope diuinu[m] nouissime congestum.
Additional Title(s):

De plurimis claris selectisque mulieribus

De claris mulieribus
Published/Created:
Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m] : Opera [et] i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia, tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij [29 April 1497]
Physical Description:
[4], CLXX [i.e. CLXXII] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0823
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Zi +5762: For fuller description see collation slip in volume.
BEIN 1977 +84: For fuller description see collation slip in volume. Bookplate of Chalres J. Rosenbloom. Stamp of Museo Cavaleri.
Imprint from colophon.
Colophon (leaf z6r): Opus de claris selectis[que] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ia. philippo Bergomense editum explicit: maxia cu[m] diligentia reuisu[m] [et] castigatu[m]. per Reuern. sacre theologie doctore[m] Magistru[m] Albertu[m] de place[n]tia: [et] fr[atr]em Augustinu[m] de Casali maiori eiusde[m] facultatis Baccalariu[m] ordinis mio[rum]. Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. Opera [et] i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia. tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij ...
Signatures: A⁴ a-e⁸ f⁶ g-p⁸ q⁶ r⁸ s⁶ t⁸ v⁶ x⁸ y-z⁶.
Errors in foliation: LXIII, LXVIII, LXIX, CXXVIII misnumbered LXII, LXIX, LXX, CXXX respectively; CXXII, CLIX repeated.
The caption title on A2r exists in two states. In one state, the caption title is printed on three lines; in another state, the final word "Prologus." is printed separately in a fourth line. Consult Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library
Woodcut title page.
Woodcut printer's device (Husung 34) on leaf z6r.
172 woodcuts (including repeats, from 56 blocks) of famous women in text. Most of the cuts are only representations, but a few at the end of contemporaries (mostly ladies of the houses of Sforza, Catarina, natural daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, &c.) have the appearance of being likenesses. Consult Perrins.
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume VI, 613 (IB. 25752).
Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, 2781-2784
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2813*.
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-204
Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00204000
Perrins, C.W.D. Italian book-illustrations and early printing, 120
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 5762
Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 915
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M10959
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0823: Imperfect: leaves [18] and [116] only. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Christian saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Christian women saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Martyrs -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Museo Cavaleri (Milan, Italy) -- Stamp.
Queens -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Rosenbloom, Charles J. -- Bookplate.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Women -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Women -- Mythology -- Early works to 1800.
Women -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Biographies.
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Albertus, de Placentia, editor.
Augustinus, de Casali Maiori, editor.
Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482–1521, printer.
Beatrice Aragonská, consort of Vladislav II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, 1457–1508, dedicatee.
Expanded version of (work): Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375. De mulieribus claris.
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