Incunabular Leaf (20 results)

A folio leaf from the second volume of Johannes Gerson's OPERA, edited by Johannes Geiler von Kaisersberg, printed in Strassburg, Germany by Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, partly with the types of Johann Prüss and Martin Flach, 1488. The leaf measures 310 x 215 mm (12 ¼ x 8 ½ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines,unadorned Gothic type. The leaf is from the second volumes. Slight browning and soiling, minor staining & small worm bore to outside margin. Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item G-186. ISTC ig00186000. Jean de Charlier de Gerson (1363 - 1429) noted mystic and medieval doctor of theology. In 1395, Pope Benedict XIII chose him to the position of Chancellor of Notre-Dame and of the university in Paris. He was one of the most eminent orators of his time, and preached frequently in French or Latin, he was also one of the first to recognize and proclaim the supernatural vocation of Joan of Arc.

A large folio leaf from the 1480 edition of Petrus de Monte's Repertorium utriusque iuris, printed in Padua (Republic of Venice) by Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt Schüssler. The leaf measures 435 x 292 mm (17 ¼ x 11 ½ inches) printed in double columns, 63 lines. Rubricated paragraph marks & highlights. Some light browning, very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item M-844. ISTC im00844000. Pietro del Monte (Petrus de Monte Brixensis) (c. 1400 - 1457) was a Venetian jurist, canonist and humanist. He studied at the University of Padua, as a student of Prodocimo de Conti and Giovan Francesco di Capodilista. He was papal collector in England from 1435-1440. Subsequently he was papal legate to France. He became Bishop of Brescia in 1442. Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 recto of part I. Imprints from colophon on leaf Z7 recto in part II, which reads in full: Expletu[m] est Repertorium reuerendi patris & d[omi]ni Petri ep[iscop]i Brixien[sis]. i[m]pressum Patauii per honorabile[m] virum Joannem Herbort de Silgenstat. ac emendatum p[er] excellentissimu[m] legu[m] doctorem d[omi]n[u]m Comitem de Aluarotis in iure ciuili publice in florentissimo ginasio Patauino legentem. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxx. die .xvi. Nouembris.

A folio leaf from the second volume of Johannes Gerson's OPERA, edited by Johannes Geiler von Kaisersberg, printed in Strassburg, Germany by Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, partly with the types of Johann Prüss and Martin Flach, 1488. The leaf measures 310 x 215 mm (12 ¼ x 8 ½ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines,unadorned Gothic type. The leaf is from the second volumes. Slight browning and soiling, minor staining & small worm bore to outside margin. Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item G-186. ISTC ig00186000. Jean de Charlier de Gerson (1363 - 1429) noted mystic and medieval doctor of theology. In 1395, Pope Benedict XIII chose him to the position of Chancellor of Notre-Dame and of the university in Paris. He was one of the most eminent orators of his time, and preached frequently in French or Latin, he was also one of the first to recognize and proclaim the supernatural vocation of Joan of Arc.

A large folio leaf from the edition of Johannes de Bromyard's SUMMA PRAEDICANTIUM printed in Basil, Switzerland by Johann Amerbach, not after 1484. The leaf measures 370 x 260 mm (14 ½ x 10 ¼ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines, Gothic type. Rubricated paragraph marks and highlights, several small paragraph marks in blue. Light stain to upper edge on inner margin extending into the text, Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-260. ISTC ij00260000. John Bromyard (d. c. 1352) was an influential English Dominican friar. In his Summa praedicantiumhe shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.' (ODNB).

A large folio leaf from the 1480 edition of Petrus de Monte's Repertorium utriusque iuris, printed in Padua (Republic of Venice) by Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt Schüssler. The leaf measures 435 x 292 mm (17 ¼ x 11 ½ inches) printed in double columns, 63 lines. Rubricated paragraph marks & highlights. Some light browning, very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item M-844. ISTC im00844000. Pietro del Monte (Petrus de Monte Brixensis) (c. 1400 - 1457) was a Venetian jurist, canonist and humanist. He studied at the University of Padua, as a student of Prodocimo de Conti and Giovan Francesco di Capodilista. He was papal collector in England from 1435-1440. Subsequently he was papal legate to France. He became Bishop of Brescia in 1442. Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 recto of part I. Imprints from colophon on leaf Z7 recto in part II, which reads in full: Expletu[m] est Repertorium reuerendi patris & d[omi]ni Petri ep[iscop]i Brixien[sis]. i[m]pressum Patauii per honorabile[m] virum Joannem Herbort de Silgenstat. ac emendatum p[er] excellentissimu[m] legu[m] doctorem d[omi]n[u]m Comitem de Aluarotis in iure ciuili publice in florentissimo ginasio Patauino legentem. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxx. die .xvi. Nouembris.

A large folio leaf from the 1480 edition of Petrus de Monte's Repertorium utriusque iuris, printed in Padua (Republic of Venice) by Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt Schüssler. The leaf measures 435 x 292 mm (17 ¼ x 11 ½ inches) printed in double columns, 63 lines. Rubricated paragraph marks & highlights. Some light browning, very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item M-844. ISTC im00844000. Pietro del Monte (Petrus de Monte Brixensis) (c. 1400 - 1457) was a Venetian jurist, canonist and humanist. He studied at the University of Padua, as a student of Prodocimo de Conti and Giovan Francesco di Capodilista. He was papal collector in England from 1435-1440. Subsequently he was papal legate to France. He became Bishop of Brescia in 1442. Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 recto of part I. Imprints from colophon on leaf Z7 recto in part II, which reads in full: Expletu[m] est Repertorium reuerendi patris & d[omi]ni Petri ep[iscop]i Brixien[sis]. i[m]pressum Patauii per honorabile[m] virum Joannem Herbort de Silgenstat. ac emendatum p[er] excellentissimu[m] legu[m] doctorem d[omi]n[u]m Comitem de Aluarotis in iure ciuili publice in florentissimo ginasio Patauino legentem. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxx. die .xvi. Nouembris.

A large folio leaf from the edition of Johannes de Bromyard's SUMMA PRAEDICANTIUM printed in Basil, Switzerland by Johann Amerbach, not after 1484. The leaf measures 370 x 260 mm (14 ½ x 10 ¼ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines, Gothic type. Rubricated paragraph marks and highlights, several small paragraph marks in blue. Light stain to upper edge on inner margin extending into the text, Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-260. ISTC ij00260000. John Bromyard (d. c. 1352) was an influential English Dominican friar. In his Summa praedicantiumhe shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.' (ODNB).

A folio leaf from the second volume of Johannes Gerson's OPERA, edited by Johannes Geiler von Kaisersberg, printed in Strassburg, Germany by Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, partly with the types of Johann Prüss and Martin Flach, 1488. The leaf measures 310 x 215 mm (12 ¼ x 8 ½ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines,unadorned Gothic type. The leaf is from the second volumes. Slight browning and soiling, minor staining & small worm bore to outside margin. Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item G-186. ISTC ig00186000. Jean de Charlier de Gerson (1363 - 1429) noted mystic and medieval doctor of theology. In 1395, Pope Benedict XIII chose him to the position of Chancellor of Notre-Dame and of the university in Paris. He was one of the most eminent orators of his time, and preached frequently in French or Latin, he was also one of the first to recognize and proclaim the supernatural vocation of Joan of Arc.

A large folio leaf from the 1480 edition of Petrus de Monte's Repertorium utriusque iuris, printed in Padua (Republic of Venice) by Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt Schüssler. The leaf measures 435 x 292 mm (17 ¼ x 11 ½ inches) printed in double columns, 63 lines. Rubricated paragraph marks & highlights. Some light browning, very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item M-844. ISTC im00844000. Pietro del Monte (Petrus de Monte Brixensis) (c. 1400 - 1457) was a Venetian jurist, canonist and humanist. He studied at the University of Padua, as a student of Prodocimo de Conti and Giovan Francesco di Capodilista. He was papal collector in England from 1435-1440. Subsequently he was papal legate to France. He became Bishop of Brescia in 1442. Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 recto of part I. Imprints from colophon on leaf Z7 recto in part II, which reads in full: Expletu[m] est Repertorium reuerendi patris & d[omi]ni Petri ep[iscop]i Brixien[sis]. i[m]pressum Patauii per honorabile[m] virum Joannem Herbort de Silgenstat. ac emendatum p[er] excellentissimu[m] legu[m] doctorem d[omi]n[u]m Comitem de Aluarotis in iure ciuili publice in florentissimo ginasio Patauino legentem. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxx. die .xvi. Nouembris.

A large folio leaf from the edition of Johannes de Bromyard's SUMMA PRAEDICANTIUM printed in Basil, Switzerland by Johann Amerbach, not after 1484. The leaf measures 370 x 260 mm (14 ½ x 10 ¼ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines, Gothic type. Rubricated paragraph marks and highlights, large initial letter (and one smaller paragraph mark) in blue on recto. Stain to upper edge on inner margin extending into the text, soiling toouter and lower margins on verso. Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-260. ISTC ij00260000. John Bromyard (d. c. 1352) was an influential English Dominican friar. In his Summa praedicantiumhe shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.' (ODNB).

A large folio leaf from the edition of Johannes de Bromyard's SUMMA PRAEDICANTIUM printed in Basil, Switzerland by Johann Amerbach, not after 1484. The leaf measures 370 x 260 mm (14 ½ x 10 ¼ inches) printed in two columns. 53 lines, Gothic type. Rubricated paragraph marks and highlights, two large initial letters (and several paragraph marks) in blue. Stain to upper edge on inner margin extending into the text, small open tear to inner upper margin; Very good. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-260. ISTC ij00260000. John Bromyard (d. c. 1352) was an influential English Dominican friar. In his Summa praedicantiumhe shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.' (ODNB).

First Edition (& 1st printing). A folio leaf from the 1478 edition of Thomas Ebendorfer's Sermones dominicales super epistolas Pauli, printed in Strassburg, Germany by Heinrich Knoblochtzer. The leaf measures 390 x 212 mm (11 ½ x 8 ¼ inches) printed in one column. 38 lines. Rubricated paragraph marks and highlights throughout. Fresh and clean, a lovely example. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item E-2. ISTC ie 0002000. EBENDORFER, Thomas (1388-1464, de Haselbach). Sermones dominicales super epistolas Pauli. [Strassburg]: Heinrich Knoblochtzer, 13 December 1478.

Condition: Very Good. Two handsome and well preserved incunable leaves from a bible printed in Latin at the press of Johann Zainer. Zainer was the second printer in Ulm, and is documented there with a first printed book in 1473, the Pestordnung by the Ulm city doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel. He further developed book decoration and published the first German translation of a work by Giovanni Boccaccio. Like Günther Zainer, printer in Augsburg, Johann Zainer came from Reutlingen; the two men might have been, or almost certainly were, related. He received his training as a printer in Strasbourg. After an initially successful career, Zainer's business declined after a few years; he was expelled from the city in 1493, probably because of debts, but returned later and resumed printing, albeit only a few books, until 1515 and was mentioned for the last time in 1523 [German Wikipedia]. The leaves are printed in double columns, with 50 lines in a gothic type. There are four red and black three-line initials, one initial in gray and black, and red underlining to mark new paragraphs. The paper is toned and has some darker staining, primarily in the margins but affecting some of text block. Light creasing along margins and pinpricks and slight chipping where leaves were removed from their book. A nice example of early German printing in very good condition. Measures 11 x 16 inches. EPHEM/053123.

A large folio leaf from the 1470 edition of Flavius Josephus' De Antiquitate Judaica, De Bello Judaico, printed in Augsburg Germany by Johann Schüssler. The leaf measures 395 x 285 mm (15 ¾ x 11 ¼ inches) printed in double columns, 50 lines in roman type. Rubricated paragraph marks. Page number (47) in ink to upper edge of verso; light browning, very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-481. ISTC ij0481000. Flavius Josephus [c. AD 37 - c. 100] was a Roman-Jewish historian and military leader. This is a leaf from the 1470 edition of his work 'Antiquities of the Jews', originally composed circa 94 A.D.; translated into Latin from the original Greek by Rufinus Aquileiensis.

A large folio leaf from the 1470 edition of Flavius Josephus' De Antiquitate Judaica, De Bello Judaico, printed in Augsburg Germany by Johann Schüssler. The leaf measures 395 x 285 mm (15 ¾ x 11 ¼ inches) printed in double columns, 50 lines in roman type. Rubricated paragraph marks. Page number (3) in ink to upper edge of verso; light browning. 80 mm (3-inch) closed tear to upper inner margin, with mild loss; very old (contemporary?) ink marginalia to outer margin on verso. Still very fresh. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item J-481. ISTC ij0481000. Flavius Josephus [c. AD 37 - c. 100] was a Roman-Jewish historian and military leader. This is a leaf from the 1470 edition of his work 'Antiquities of the Jews', originally composed circa 94 A.D.; translated into Latin from the original Greek by Rufinus Aquileiensis.

A large folio leaf from the 1484 edition of Grantianus' DECRETUM printed in Augsburg Germany by Johann Schüssler. The leaf measures 395 x 280 mm (15 ¾ x 11 inches) printed in black & red in four columns. Fresh and very clean. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item G-375. ISTC ig00375000. The Decretum Gratiani, also known as the Concordia discordantium canonum or Concordantia discordantium canonum or simply as the Decretumwas first published in the twelfth century as a textbook of canon law. Although the Church never formally recognized it as the official version of canon law, Decretum was widely used in the study of canon law from the mid-twelfth to the early twentieth century. Commonly referred to as the Decretum Gratiani, this text is comprised of excerpts from a variety of authorities, including church councils, papal letters, penitentials, Roman civil law, regulations of Germanic rulers, and the writings of Church fathers. Gratian's goal was to resolve discrepancies among canons, and organize the vast amount of rules governing the Church into a comprehensible legal system.It was used as the main source of law by canonists of the Roman Catholic Church until the Decretals, promulgated by Pope Gregory IX in 1234, obtained legal force, after which it was the cornerstone of the Corpus Juris Canonici, in force until 1917.

First Edition. Edition princeps. Very rare. A large folio leaf from the First Edition of the Greatest and Most Comprehensive Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, printed by Adolf Rusch (the "R-Printer") in the Strassburg print shop of Johann Mentelin not after February 11, 1478. The Speculu[m] doctri[n]ale Vincentij beluacensis fr[atr]is ordinis p[rae]dicator[um] incipit forms part of the Speculum Maius, a great compendium of all the knowledge available to the Middle Ages, which consisted of the Speculum Naturale, Doctrinale and Historiale (which, along with the later Speculum Morale, comprises the largest incunabula known). In all the work was published in seven enormous folio volumes. The leaf measures 435 x 315 mm (17 x 12 ¼ inches), printed in double columns, 63 lines, nicely rubricated by hand with large initials. The text is one of the Index leaves, and is only half of one column on the verso. A fresh, clean example. Goff V-278; ITSC iv00278000. Vincentius Bellovacensis (Vincent of Beauvais, (circa 1190 - circa 1264) was a 13th Century Dominican monk at the monastery of Beauvais. He was connected with the royal family being librarian and tutor to Louis IX, and tutor to his sons. Vincent undertook to write a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all branches of human knowledge, the result being the momentus SPECULUM MAIUS, the greatest and most comprehensive of all the encyclopedias generated in the Middle Ages. It records a very complete overview of all the classical and ecclesiastical knowledge and information available to late medieval man. According to the original plan the work was divided into four main parts dealing respectively with nature, doctrine (science), morality and history (Speculum Naturale, Doctrinale, Morale, Historiale). The text of each of these sections consists of quoted extracts (some of them very long) from a large number of Latin, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew writings (some 450 authors represented). It is a superior effort over earlier, similar encyclopedias, due to Vincent's access to a the royal library, which was much larger & better than libraries available to other compilers. However, this compilation was more remarkable for its size than for its quality. Vincent did not take the time to assimilate his material into an organic text, instead he quotes from documents available to him without adding anything new or even applying a commentary to explain contradictions. The task was immense, and must have required a long time to compile. Vincent carefully quotes passages and assigns the extracts to their proper authors. During his lifetime Vincent was able to complete all the volumes with the exception of the Speculum Morale, which was written between 1310 and 1325. Yet as it was a part of the original plan, this section has been included in every printed edition of the Speculum Maius.

410 x 287 mm. (16 x 11 1/4"). Double column, 50 lines in gothic type. Attractively matted. Capitals struck with red, underlining in red to mark new paragraphs, one three-line initial filled with red. Goff B-336; BMC II, 522; ISTC ib00336000. âPaper slightly toned, faint inconsequential marginal dampstaining along one edge, small closed marginal tear along top, but none of these faults touching text, and the leaf otherwise crisp and appealing. .

A large folio leaf from the incunable Latin Bible printed by Adolf Rusch, Strassburg, for Anton Koberger at Nuremburg, not before 1480. The leaf is from the Book of Habacuc & measures 420 x 325 mm (16 ½ x 12 ¾ inches) printed in two columns, nicely hand rubricated with paragraph marks and initial letters in red. Small tears in lower margin with no loss. Fresh and very clean. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item Goff B-607; ISTC ib00607000. Imprint as Sack (Freiburg) 656. Ascribed to the Basel press of Johann Amerbach by A. Hartmann (Amerbach-korrespondenz (1942), I, p. 2, n. 2). The printing, however, seems to have been done by Rusch at Strassburg with types borrowed from Amerbach: F. Geldner in Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens, 23 (1982), cols 684-8. GW dates shortly after 23 Sept. 1481 but manuscript notes in the Sion College copy and in Oates 124 are dated 1480. This is the earliest Latin Bible printed with glosses, produced by Adolf Rusch for Anton Koberger ca. 1481.

A large folio leaf from the incunable Latin Bible printed by Adolf Rusch, Strassburg, for Anton Koberger at Nuremburg, not before 1480. The leaf is from the Book of Job & measures 420 x 325 mm (16 ½ x 12 ¾ inches) printed in two columns, nicely hand rubricated with paragraph marks and initial letters in red. Small tears in lower margin with no loss. Fresh and very clean. See Goff, Incunabula in American Libraries (1964), item Goff B-607; ISTC ib00607000. Imprint as Sack (Freiburg) 656. Ascribed to the Basel press of Johann Amerbach by A. Hartmann (Amerbach-korrespondenz (1942), I, p. 2, n. 2). The printing, however, seems to have been done by Rusch at Strassburg with types borrowed from Amerbach: F. Geldner in Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens, 23 (1982), cols 684-8. GW dates shortly after 23 Sept. 1481 but manuscript notes in the Sion College copy and in Oates 124 are dated 1480. This is the earliest Latin Bible printed with glosses, produced by Adolf Rusch for Anton Koberger ca. 1481.