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Title

  • [I]ncipit summa que uocat[ur] Catholicon

Other Title

  • Ncipit summa que uocat Catholicon
  • Incipit summa que vocatur Catholicon

Summary

  • A combination Latin dictionary and encyclopedia completed in 1286, the Catholicon of Giovanni Balbi was the first non-religious book of substantial size to be printed. Three issues can be destinguished: issue "a," printed on vellum or bull's-head paper; issue "b", on Galliziani paper; and issue "c," on Tower & Crown paper. The 1460 edition (issue "a"), the first of many 15th century editions, contains in its colophon the first detailed printed reference to the introduction of printing with moveable type. This is also the first instance in which a book named its place of printing. Although the name of the printer is not given, the particular nature of the working and other evidence have led people to believe that this edition must have been printed by Johann Gutenberg.

Names

  • Balbi, Giovanni, -1298, author
  • Printer of the Catholicon, printer
  • Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468, attributed name, printer
  • Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, former owner
  • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Mainz] : [Printer of the Catholicon (Johann Gutenberg?)], [1460]

Headings

  • -  Latin language--Grammar--Early works to 1500
  • -  Latin language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1700
  • -  Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  Title from incipit, leaf [1]1.
  • -  Imprint from colophon, which reads: Hic liber egregius catholicon d[omi]nice incarnacionis annis Mcccclx Alma in urbo maguntia nacionis inclite germanice. Quam dei clemencia tam alto ingenij lumini ... impressus atq[ue] confectus est.
  • -  Signatures: [1-6]¹⁰ [7]⁴ [8-19]¹⁰ [20]⁴+1 [21-38]¹⁰ [39⁴].
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-20
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 2254*
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2254*
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 03182 (variant 2)
  • -  Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00020000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 31
  • -  Stillwell, M.B. Gutenberg and the Catholicon of 1460, no. 70 (1 line space above colophon)
  • -  Duke of Sussex Catalog, lot 1706
  • -  Zedler, "Das Mainzer Catholicon," 1905; Stillwell, "Gutenberg and the Catholicon of 1460;" Bennett, 15.
  • -  Printed in two columns. Capital spaces.
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Provenance: Duke of Sussex (with his book-plate), Sir Thomas Phillipps.
  • -  LC copy: Issue "a," on bull's-head paper. Initials, paragraph marks and underlines supplied in red, a few chapter headings in red; large pen-drawn initials in red and blue, a few in red or blue only. In full old gilt-tooled red morocco; all edges marbled and gilt; silk lining papers.
  • -  PA2361.B3 1460 Copy 1 formerly marked Incun. 1460.B3. he18 2024-05-30

Medium

  • [746] p. ; 40 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PA2361 .B3 1460
  • PA2361 .B3 1460 Copy 2 One leaf (Hiatus-Hircus) only. No visible watermark. Initials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Housed in pamphlet folder gilt-stamped "J.B. de Janua. Catholicon. Maguntia 1460" on front; within, in folder, 61 cm.
  • PA2361 .B3 1460 Copy 3 One bifolium (... co[m]ponit[us]-Sacerdos) only. Galliziani watermark. Initials and paragraph marks in red. Issued and housed with: Stillwell, Margaret Bingham. Gutenberg and the Catholicon of 1460. New York : E.B. Hackett, 1936 (LCCN 37031694) as Rosenwald 2341.
  • PA2361 .B3 1460 Copy 4 One leaf (Proluuies-Prophecia) only. No watermark visible. Initials and paragraph marks in red. Issued and housed with: Stillwell, Margaret Bingham. Gutenberg and the Catholicon of 1460. New York : E.B. Hackett, 1936 (LCCN 37031694).

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043559

Online Format

  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Balbi, Giovanni, -1298, Author, Printer Printer Of The Catholicon, Johann Gutenberg, Prince Augustus Frederick, Thomas Phillipps, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Incipit summa que uocatur Catholicon. [Mainz: Printer of the Catholicon Johann Gutenberg?, 1460] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043559/.

APA citation style:

Balbi, G., Printer Of The Catholicon, P., Gutenberg, J., Augustus Frederick, P., Phillipps, T. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1460) Incipit summa que uocatur Catholicon. [Mainz: Printer of the Catholicon Johann Gutenberg?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043559/.

MLA citation style:

Balbi, Giovanni, -1298, Author, et al. Incipit summa que uocatur Catholicon. [Mainz: Printer of the Catholicon Johann Gutenberg?, 1460] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043559/>.