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Title

  • Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden vijf bouken Boecij De consolatione philosophie

Other Title

  • De consolatione philosophie
  • Explicit: Hier ende dat weerdich bouc boecius de consolatione philosophie
  • Added manuscript title page title: Dit es het bouck Boëcii de consolatione Philosophiae

Names

  • Boethius, -524, author
  • Boethius, -524
  • Keysere, Arend de, approximately 1450-1489, printer
  • Master of Edward IV, active 1470-1490, illustrator, attributed name
  • Mercier, Emile, 1855-1910, binder
  • Hachette, A. (Book collector), former owner
  • Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Gheprendtte te Ghend : Bij mij Arend de Keijsere, den derden dach in Meij int iaer ons heeren duult vierhondert viue ende tachten tich [3 May 1485]
  • Ghent, Arend de Keysere, 3 May 1485.

Headings

  • -  Philosophy and religion--Early works to 1800
  • -  Belgium--Ghent

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  In Dutch and Latin, with Dutch commentary.
  • -  Title from first lines of text.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  Signatures: [superscript pi]a-b⁶ a-z⁸ &⁸ A-R⁸ S-T⁶ V⁸ ([superscript pi]a1, a1-a2, V8 blank). Ampersand represents a Tironian sign.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-812
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3400
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3400
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 04574
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 206 (IC.50105)
  • -  Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00812000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 535
  • -  John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress). The collection of John Boyd Thacher in the Library of Congress, 821
  • -  Printed in two columns. Capital spaces, some with guide letters.
  • -  LC copy: on space left blank by the printer at beginning of each of the 5 books are miniatures by a Flemish artist, possibly the Master of Edward IV.
  • -  LC added manuscript title page reads: Dit es het bouck Boëcii de consolatione Philosophiae gheprendt te ghend By Arend de Keysere Den derden Dagh in mey Anno 1485 met curieuse migniaturen.
  • -  LC copy rubricated; illuminated initials and borders.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Robert Hoe (with his monogram in gold inside upper cover); A. Hachette (bookplate).
  • -  LC copy: Binding signed: Mercier sr. de Cuzin.
  • -  Thacher no. 821
  • -  B659.D472 D87 1485 Copy 2 formerly shelved under Incun. 1485 .B64. he18 2024-02-05

Medium

  • [720] p. ; 38 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1485 .B64
  • B659.D472 D87 1485 Copy 2 37 cm. Imperfect: blanks wanting; leaves &8, C4-5 supplied from another copy. Pen-drawn initial in blue and black on leaf a2; pen-drawn initial in red and blue on leaf a4. Initials and paragraph marks in red and blue; capital strokes in red. Scattered ms. notes throughout. Internal space of initial on leaf A4 inscribed: Andries van de Kyndere carmes broer naer de doot van meester Jan Meyne moet hebben desen bouck diese hem alsoo heeft [?].

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65058945

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Chicago citation style:

Boethius, -524, Author, -524 Boethius, Arend De Keysere, Active Master Of Edward Iv, Emile Mercier, A Hachette, Robert Hoe, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden vijf bouken Boecij De consolatione philosophie. [Gheprendtte te Ghend: Bij mij Arend de Keijsere, den derden dach in Meij int iaer ons heeren duult vierhondert viue ende tachten tich 3 May Ghent, Arend de Keysere, 3 May, 1485] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/65058945/.

APA citation style:

Boethius, -., Boethius, -., Keysere, A. D., Master Of Edward Iv, A., Mercier, E., Hachette, A. [...] John Boyd Thacher Collection. (1485) Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden vijf bouken Boecij De consolatione philosophie. [Gheprendtte te Ghend: Bij mij Arend de Keijsere, den derden dach in Meij int iaer ons heeren duult vierhondert viue ende tachten tich 3 May Ghent, Arend de Keysere, 3 May] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/65058945/.

MLA citation style:

Boethius, -524, Author, et al. Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden vijf bouken Boecij De consolatione philosophie. [Gheprendtte te Ghend: Bij mij Arend de Keijsere, den derden dach in Meij int iaer ons heeren duult vierhondert viue ende tachten tich 3 May Ghent, Arend de Keysere, 3 May, 1485] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/65058945/>.