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Author: Priscian, fl. ca. 500-530
Short Title: Works (1485)
Title: Iuliano consuli ac patricio Priscianus salutem.
Imprint: Venice: [Hannibal Foxius et socii, 22 Sept. 1485]
Comments and Notes: Contents: De octo partibus orationis; De constructione; De duodecim carminibus; De numeris; De ponderibus et mensuris; De versibus comicis; De declinationibus. Add: (Pseudo-) Priscianus: De accentibus. (Pseudo-) Hermogenes: De praeexercitamentis rhetorices. Rufinus Antiochensis: De metris comicis; De litteraturis; De compositione et metris oratorum. Dionysius Periegetes: De situ orbis. Tr: Priscianus. Text includes some Greek words and phrases. Title from incipit (leaf a2 recto). Edited by Benedictus Brugnolus. Imprint from Goff; the "socii" mentioned in the colophon were Marinus Saracenus and an unidentified Bartholomaeus (perhaps B. de Confaloneriis or B. de Blavis?) Colophon (leaf I9 verso) reads: "... Haec postmodu[m] Ha[n]nibal Foxius Parme[n]sis: & caeteri eius optimi socii acurate dilige[n]terq[ue] i[m]primere adnixi su[n]t: idq[ue] Deo maximo bene iuua[n]te effeceru[n]t. Venetiis. Anno Mcccclxxxv. x. Cale[n]das Octobris. ..." Signatures: a8 b6 c-e8 f6 g-k8 l-o6 p-q8 r6 s8 t-u6 x-y8 z6 &8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-H8 I10. Leaf a1 is blank; wanting in Dibner Library copy. Leaves printed on both sides; 38-39 lines per page. Guide-letters; printer's device on leaf I10 recto. Dibner library copy imperfect: Leaves I3 and I8 wanting; replaced by photocopied leaves. Ms. notes throughout; some affected by cropped margins or water-stains. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Bound in modern half-vellum over grey paper boards.
Smithsonian Call Number: PA6642 .A2 1485
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Author: Avienus, Rufius Festus
Short Title: Works (1488)
Title: [Opera.]
Imprint: Venice: Impressum Venetiis arte & ingenio Antonii de Strata Cremonensis, 1488 octauo calendas Nouembres [25 Oct.].
Comments and Notes: Editio princeps; edited by Victor Pisanus. Imprint from colophon, leaf p6 recto. Signatures: a10 b-p8; leaves a1, g8, p7, and p8 are blank. Includes verse translations of Aratus' Phaenomena; also includes the Liber medicinalis of Serenus Sammonicus. Written in ink below imprint: Sigismundi Golphi Codex. Armorial book plate signed Paulus Minguet on verso of what was the front paste down of an earlier binding: D. Ant. Alvarez de Abreu a Supr. Indiar. Consilio et Camera.
Smithsonian Call Number: PA6227 .A2 1488
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A-1432
 
 
 
 

Author: Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320
Short Title: Works (1490)
Title: Divinarvm institvtionvm adversvs gentes de falsa religione.
Imprint: Venice: Per magistr[um] Theodor[um] de Ragazonibus de Asula, 21 mensis Aprilis 1390 [i.e. 1490]
Comments and Notes: Contents: De divinis institutionibus; De ira dei; De opificio dei vel de formatione hominis; De phoenice carmen. Epitome divinarum institutionum [cap. LVI-LXXIII]. Venantius Fortunatus: De resurrectione Christi. Title from leaf b1; imprint from colophon. Signatures: a8 b6 chi1 c-f8 g6 h-k8 l6 m-o8 p14 q-r8 s6 t4. Edited by Giovanni Andrea, Bishop of Aleria. Space provided for initials, generally with guide letters.
Smithsonian Call Number: BR65 .L15 1490
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Author: Boethius, d. 524
Short Title: Works (1491)
Title: Hec sunt opera Boetii que in hoc volumine continentur ...
Imprint: Venice: Impressum ... Ioa nez [et symbol] Gregori u de Gregorijs Fratres ..., 1492 die 18 Augusti.
Comments and Notes: Listed in ISTC as being in the Burndy Library. In two parts, dated: I) 18 Aug. 1492; II) 26 Mar. 1491. Imprint from colophon of v. 1. With: Works / [Boethius]. Impressis Venetiis : Per Ioann e Foerliuio [et sympol] Gregori u Fratres, 1497 [i.e. 1498] die 10 Februarii. Library copy has leaves [155]-220 of v. 1 only.
Smithsonian Call Number: PA6231 .A2 1498
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Author: Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320
Short Title: Works (1493)
Title: De diuinis institutionibus.
Imprint: Venice: Per Vincentium Benalium, 1493 22 mensis Marcii.
Comments and Notes: Contents: De divinis institutionibus; De ira dei; De opificio dei vel de formatione hominis; De phoenice carmen. Epitome divinarum institutionum [cap. LVI-LXXIII]. Venantius Fortunatus: De resurrectione Christi. Imprint from colophon. Edited by Giovanni Andrea, Bishop of Aleria. Signatures: A8 a-b8 c-d6 e8 f-m6 n8 o-p6 q8 r6 s8 t-v6. Final leaf blank. Verse in ms. on verso of leaf 138 and on leaf 139.
Smithsonian Call Number: BR65 .L15 1493
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Author: Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109
Short Title: Works (1496)
Title: Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ordinis Sancti Benedicti.
Imprint: Strasbourg: [Georg Husner, after 1496?]
Comments and Notes: Without imprint; publication information from Goff. Signatures: 2A-2B8 b-r6 s8 t-z6 [et]6 A-C6 D8; leaf 2A4 missigned g4.
Smithsonian Call Number: BT15 .A62 1496
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Author: Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320
Short Title: Works (1497)
Title: Diuinarum institutionum aduersus gentes de falsa religione.
Imprint: Venice: Per Simonem BeuilaguĆ£ Papiensem., 1497 die 4 Aprilis.
Comments and Notes: A page-for-page reprint of the 1493 edition of V. Benalius (Goff L11). Contents: De divinis institutionibus; De ira dei; De opificio dei vel de formatione hominis; De phoenice carmen. Epitome divinarum institutionum [cap. LVI-LXXIII].Venantius Fortunatus: De resurrectione Christi. Title from a2; imprint from colophon. Edited by Giovanni Andrea, Bishop of Aleria. Signatures: A6 chi1 a-b8 c-d6 e8 f-m6 n8 o-p6 q8 r6 s8 t-v6. Last leaf blank. Woodcuts: initials.
Smithsonian Call Number: BR65 .L15 1497
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Author: Boethius, d. 524
Short Title: Works (1498)
Title: Hec sunt opera Boetii que in hoc uolumine c ontinentur ...
Imprint: Venice: Per Ioann e de Forliuio [et symbol] Gregori u Fratres, 1497 [i.e. 1498] die 10 Februarii.
Comments and Notes: In three parts dated: I) [undated]; II) 8 July 1499; III) 10 Feb. 1497/98, the third first issued separately. Imprint from colophon of v. 3. With: Works / [Boethius]. Venetijs : Impressum ... [per symbol] Ioa nez [et symbol] Gregori u de Gregorijs Fratres ..., 1492 die 18 Augusti. Library copy lacks v. 2.
Smithsonian Call Number: PA6231 .A2 1498
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UKBYIB00768000-B
B-0768