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Title

  • Incip[it] ep[is]t[o]la s[an]c[t]i iheronimi ad paulinu[m] p[re]sbiteru[m], de om[ni]b[us] diuine historie libris ...

Other Title

  • Uniform title : Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1462

Names

  • Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466, printer.
  • Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer.
  • Ellys, Richard, Sir, approximately 1674-1742, former owner.
  • Lothian, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of, 1832-1870, former owner.
  • Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • In ciuitate Moguntij ... : Per Ioh[an]e[m] fust ciue[m] et Petru[m] schoiffer de gernssheym ..., Anno d[omi]ni Mcccclxij In vigilia assumpcio[n]is virgin[is] marie [14 Aug. 1462]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate--Mainz

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate--Mainz--1462

Notes

  • -  Title from incipit, leaf [1]1.
  • -  Imprint from colophon, leaf [49]6.
  • -  Signatures: [1-8]¹⁰ [9-10]⁸ [11-23]¹⁰ [24-25]⁸, [26-38]¹⁰ [39]¹² [40-48]¹⁰ [49]⁶([49]5+1).
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-529
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3050* (variant)
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3050
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4204 (with red incipits in both vols. and variant 1 of colophon)
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume I, pages 22-23 (IC. 101, IC. 102, IC. 103, IC. 104)
  • -  Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, ib00529000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 32
  • -  Library of Congress. Rosenwald collection (1954), 26
  • -  New Testament: leaves [40]1-[49]6.
  • -  Printed in red and black; initials and chapter numbers in red or blue, some initials stamped blind. Spaces left for other initials and chapter numbers, and for some titles to be supplied by hand.
  • -  With a printer's device and date (Anno Mcccclxij) in red on leaf [25]8; printer's device at colophon, leaf [49]6.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: bound in 2 volumes (v. 1 ends with gathering [25], v. 2 begins with gathering [26].) Printed on paper. Initials on leaves volume 1, leaves [1]1 and [1]4 supplied in gold and colors; large pen-drawn initials in two or three colors: red, blue, and mauve; smaller initials and chapter numbers supplied in red or blue and some chapter headings in red where omitted by the printer; initial strokes in red; names of books written in alternate red/blue letters at top of each page. Contemporary marginal notes. Dutch 18th cent. red morocco binding, gold tooled.
  • -  LC copy: gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald. Inscriptions, leaves [1]1, [26]1: Ex Bibliotheca FF. Cruciferorum Coloniensium. Other former owners: Sir Richard Ellys; Marquess of Lothian. With the bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop.
  • -  BS75 1462 Copy 1 formerly classed under Incun. 1462 .B5 Copy 1. he04 2019-08-23

Medium

  • [962] p. ; 41 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BS75 1462
  • BS75 1462 Copy 2 Imperfect: wanting all but a parchment fragment, leaves [40]4,7. Leaf [40]4 is the inner column; conjugate leaf [40]7 is heavily trimmed on the fore-edge, cutting into the text. Measures 32 x 23 cm (folded); 32 x 38 cm unfolded. Stored in a folder measuring 41 x 35 cm, covered by manuscript waste from a liturgical book (text is vespers for the Nativity.)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48037378

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Fust, Johannes, Printer, Peter Schöffer, Richard Ellys, William Schomberg Robert Kerr Lothian, Cortlandt F Bishop, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. Incipit Epistola Sancti Iheronimi Ad Paulinum Presbiterum, De Omnibus Diuine Historie Libris. [In ciuitate Moguntij ...: Per Iohanem fust ciuem et Petrum schoiffer de gernssheym ..., Anno domini Mcccclxij In vigilia assumpcionis virginis marie 14 Aug, 1462] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48037378/.

APA citation style:

Fust, J., Schöffer, P., Ellys, R., Lothian, W. S. R. K., Bishop, C. F., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Otto Vollbehr Collection. (1462) Incipit Epistola Sancti Iheronimi Ad Paulinum Presbiterum, De Omnibus Diuine Historie Libris. [In ciuitate Moguntij ...: Per Iohanem fust ciuem et Petrum schoiffer de gernssheym ..., Anno domini Mcccclxij In vigilia assumpcionis virginis marie 14 Aug] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48037378/.

MLA citation style:

Fust, Johannes, Printer, et al. Incipit Epistola Sancti Iheronimi Ad Paulinum Presbiterum, De Omnibus Diuine Historie Libris. [In ciuitate Moguntij ...: Per Iohanem fust ciuem et Petrum schoiffer de gernssheym ..., Anno domini Mcccclxij In vigilia assumpcionis virginis marie 14 Aug, 1462] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48037378/>.