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    Gerson de ymitatione cristi : Cum tractatulo de meditatione cordis
    Gerson de imitatione Christi | De ymitatione Cristi     Imprint from colophon. Signatures: [1-24]⁸ ([1]8, [24]7, [24]8 blank). Goff I-15. Hain 9093* GW M46805 BM 15th cent., II, p. 530 (IA. 9265) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ii00015000 Capital spaces. "Tractatus de meditat[i]one cordis Iohannis Gerson": leaves Clxxij-Clxxxij. LC copy has initials, capital strokes, underlining, and paragraph marks in red. Title page is annotated in ms. with the title of the 2nd work…
    • Contributor: Zainer, Johann - Gerson, Jean - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1487

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    De claris mulieribus. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 47 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-716 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3329 Schramm, V, p. 3-5 and illus. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4483 LC copy: legal text in 15th cent. hand on recto and verso of front flyleaf. Contemporary brown tooled leather over boards, hinges broken. Ashburner copy. Also available in digital form on the Library of…
    • Contributor: Ashburner, Walter - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Zainer, Johann - Boccaccio, Giovanni
    • Date: 1473

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    Quadragesimale. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-490 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 8063 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 524 (IC.9145) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 56 LC copy rubricated throughout. Contemporary blind stamped calf binding over boards, clasps wanting, rebacked; old vellum title label on cover. Bookplate of Monastery of St. Peter in…
    • Contributor: Gritsch, Johannes - St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey) - Zainer, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1475

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    Cosmographia Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo; edited by Nicolaus Germanus. The maps, double, except for the last, are on separate sheets, most with descriptive text printed on the versos within woodcut borders; these texts are known in several variants. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1084 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 538 (IC.9306) Copinger, W.A. Supplement…
    • Contributor: John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Ptolemy - Erzabtei St. Peter (Salzburg, Austria) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Königliche Bibliothek Zu Berlin - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Nicolaus Germanus - D'angelo, Jacopo - Hol, Lienhart - St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey) - Preussische Staatsbibliothek
    • Date: 1482

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    Schwester Demut Title from first line of leaf [10a]; the date 1482 appears in the text on leaf [33b]. Apparently a fortune-telling game in verse. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 90 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-334 Schramm, VI, p. 3, 18, and illus. Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Fideikommissbibliothek. Kat. der Inkun., 351 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.…
    • Contributor: Liechtenstein, House of - Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1482

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    Ain Plenari nach Ordnung der Hailigen Cristenlichen Kirchen Title extracted from text beginning on leaf ijb: In dem Namen des Heren Amen! Hie vahet sich an ain Plenari nach Ordnung der hailigen cristenlichen Kirchen ... Signatures: [a-z⁸ A-I⁸]. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, E-82 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6733 (variations) Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 503 (variations) Schramm, VI, p. 3-5, 18, and illus. Library of Congress. Lessing J.…
    • Contributor: Dinckmut, Konrad - Franziskanerkloster Brixen - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1483

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    Das Buch der Weisshait der alten Weisen von Anbeginne der Welt von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht. Title extracted from explicit (leaf [195a]): Hie endet sich das Buch der Weisshait, der alten Weisen von Angebinne der Welt von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht ... Translated from the Latin version of Giovanni da Capua by Anthonius von Pforr. For genealogy of this translation, see the "pedigree" in Bīdpāʼi. Arabic version. Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. English. The earliest English version of the fables of Bidpai. London, 1888.…
    • Contributor: Rahir, Edouard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Pforr, Anton Von - Giovanni - Hol, Lienhart
    • Date: 1483

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    Seelenwurzgarten.
    Selen Wurczgart     Leaf [1b]: Hie volget nach ein lieplich vnd nützliche Materi vnd wirt genant Der Selen Wurczgart ... Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 96 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-364 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5345 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 533 (IB.9335) Also available in digital form on the…
    • Contributor: Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1483

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    Erklärung der zwölf Artikel des christlichen Glaubens Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 112 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, E-102 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6668 = 6667 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 534 (IB.9348) Schramm, VI, p. 6, 18, and illus. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: illus. and initials colored.…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Dinckmut, Konrad - Gerum, Martin Zu Waldsee
    • Date: 1485

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    Chronik von allen Königen und Kaisern. In two parts, both including anonymous continuations of Lirer's original work. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 115 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-226 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 10117 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 535 (IB.9351) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Bedford, Francis - Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Morris, H. C. L. (Henry Cecil Low) - Lirer, Thomas - Huth, Henry
    • Date: 1486

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    Eunuchus. Leaf [1a]: Hernach volget ain maisterliche vnd wolgesetzte Comedia zelesen vnd zehören lüstig vnd kurtzwylig, die der ... Maister vnd Poet Therencius ... gesetzt hat ... Translated by Hans Neidhart; the commentary freely adapted and translated from Donatus. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 117 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-108 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15436 Catalogue of books…
    • Contributor: Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Neidhart, Hans - Herzogliche Bibliothek (Gotha, Germany) - Terence - Donatus, Aelius
    • Date: 1486

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    Itinerarium seu peregrinatio Beate Virginis [et] Dei genitricis Marie. Title extracted from leaf [2a] (preface): Prefacio in itinerarium seu peregrinationem: Beate Virginis [et] Dei genitricis Marie ... Signatures: a-d⁸ e⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 150 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, I-220 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 932 = 9323 (?) (variation) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 540…
    • Contributor: Reger, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Kurfürstliche Bibliothek (Bavaria, Germany)
    • Date: 1490

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    Dye siben Curs[us] auf ainen yeglichen Tag der Wochen ain, mit seyn siben Zeiten vn[d] sel Vesper gar loblich geordiniert. Leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Dye siben Curs[us] auf ainen yeglichen Tag der Wochen ain. mit seyn siben Zeiten vn[d] sel Vesper gar loblich geordiniert. Signatures: a-z⁸ A-B⁸ C¹⁰. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 156 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-428 Bohatta, H. Livres d'Heures (2. Aufl.), p. 80, no. 12 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.…
    • Contributor: Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1491

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    Vnser lieben Frawen Psalter. Leaf [Ia] (woodcut title): Vnser lieben. Frawen Psalter. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 159 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-363 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 14042 (variations) Schramm, VI, p. 15, 19, and illus. 84-88, 590-591 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: half leather over boards, lined with incunabulum leaves.
    • Contributor: Alain - Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1492

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    Zeitglöcklein des Lebens und Leidens Christi. Prefixed: Lob der Glieder Marie (leaves [1a-12b]) and S. Birgitta, Gebete (leaves [12b-25a]). Signatures: [a⁸ b⁷ c-d⁸] e-v⁸ w⁸ x-z⁸ A-G⁸. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 167 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-267 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 16280 (variations) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 537 (IA.9382) (variations) Schramm, VI, p. 15-16,…
    • Contributor: Lob Der Glieder Mariae. Lob Der Glieder Marie - Dinckmut, Konrad - Bridget - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - [Bertoldus - Berthold
    • Date: 1493

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    Gaistliche Vsslegong des Lebe[n]s Jhesu Cristi. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 530 (IB.9249) Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1399 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 72 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 2146 = 16108 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3350 (variation) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 3084 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.…
    • Contributor: Buder, Anton - Ludolf - Hebenhaimer, Laup - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Zainer, Johann
    • Date: 1478

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    Hystoria Sigismunde, der Tochter dess Fürsten Tancredi von Salernia, vnd dess Iünglings Gwisgardi. Translated from the Latin of Leonardo Bruni by Niclas von Wyle. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 64 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1240 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 5643 (variant: 12 woodcuts; leaf [10b] blank) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts, V, 4487 (same as GW) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Bruni, Leonardo - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Wyle, Niklas Von - Boccaccio, Giovanni
    • Date: 1476

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    Historia Griseldis. Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Signatures: [a¹²]. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-404 Bühler, C.F. 15th cent. editions of Petrarch's Historia Griseldis (Library quarterly, XV (1945), p. 231-236), no. V Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 50 LC copy: initial strokes supplied in red. Unbound, in blue velvet case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Petrarca, Francesco - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Zainer, Johann - Steinhöwel, Heinrich
    • Date: 1473

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    Tabvlæ Rudolphinæ, qvibvs astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ restauratio continetur; a ... Tychone, ex illustri ... Braheorum ... familiâ oriundo ... primum animo concepta et destinata anno Christi MDLXIV: exinde observationibus siderum …
    Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, quibus astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ restauratio continetur     Sportula genethliacis (p. 121-125) and Notæ ([2] p.) with imprint: Typis Saganensibus, 1629, and the map by Philipp Eckebrecht, with imprint: Norimbergae, Sculpsit J.P. Walch, 1630, were added after publication for the work in 1627. Cf. Max Caspar. Bibl. Keleriana, 1936, no. 79. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1316 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…
    • Contributor: Brahe, Tycho - Saur, Jonas - Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Eckebrecht, Philipp - Kepler, Johannes - Bibliotheca Lindesiana
    • Date: 1627

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    Ain gut Ertzney Buch der Rosse. Auch wie man ain yetlichs Pferd erkennen soll. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 190 Goff A-354 GW 821 Schramm, V, p. 16, 20, and illus. LAC nsk 2019-01-03 update (1 card)
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Zainer, Johann - Albrecht
    • Date: 1498

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