De plurimis claris sceletis [sic] q[ue] mulieribus . Opus prope diuinu[m] nouissime congestum.
Jacobus Philippus,Bergomensis,1434-1520.
Albertus,de Placentia,editor.
Augustinus,de Casali Maiori,editor.
Beatrice Aragonská,consort of Vladislav II, King of Bohemia and Hungary,1457-1508,dedicatee.
Rossi, Lorenzo,active 1482-1521,printer.
De Coverly, R.(Roger),1831-binder.
Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. : Opera & i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia.,
tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re .M.cccclxxxxvij. [29 April 1497]
Title from title page on leaf A1 recto.
Caption at the beginning of the prologue on leaf A2r exists in two states. In one state, the caption title is printed on three lines; in another state, the final word ("Prologus.") is printed separately in a fourth line.
Imprints from colophon on leaf z6 recto, which reads in full: Opus de claris selectisq[ue] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ja[cobo]. philippo Bergomense editum explicit : maxi[m] cu[m] diligentia reuisu[m] & castigatu[m]. per . Reueren[dum] sacre theologie doctore[m] Magistru[m] Albertu[m] de place[n]tia: & fr[atr]em Augustinu[m] de Casali maiori eiusde[m] facultatis Baccalariu[m] ordinis mi[n]or[um]. Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. Opera & i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia. tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re .M.cccclxxxxvij. Religioso Jnuictis[simo].q[ue] p[ri]ncipe : Diuo Hercule : Duce secundo : Ferrarie[n]sibus legiptime Jmperante.
Edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori.
Printed on sheets of "super-chancery"--Size paper.
Woodcuts: title (fol. A1 recto), full architectural border (A1 verso, repeated a1 verso), illustration of author presenting his work to Beatrice of Aragon (A1 verso), eight vignettes representing the Life of the Virgin Mary (a1 verso), full architectural border and initial inhabited by the Virgin and Child (a2 recto), 172 vignettes, from 56 blocks, and decorated initials throughout, and printer's device (z6 recto).
Printed running titles and notabilia.
Printed foliation, with mistakes: fols LXIII, LXVIII-IX, CXXVIII misnumbered LXII, LXIX-LXX, CXXX respectively; CXXII, CLIX repeated.
Signatures: A⁴ a-e⁸ f⁶ g-p⁸ q-x⁶⁻⁸ y-z⁶.
Leaves a1-a2 unsigned.
Caption on recto of leaf A2 printed in three lines.
With marginal annotations.
Title page, A1r; woodcut illustration and border, dated 1493, A1v; Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. [Prologue dedicated to] Beatrix de Aragona, Queen of Hungary, A2r-A3v; Table of contents, A4r-v; Table of subjects, a1r; woodcut illustration and border, dated 1493, a1v; Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. De claris mulieribus, edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori, a2r-z5v; colophon, z6r; printer's register and device, z6r.
BM 15th cent.,
BN cat. des incun.,
Bod-inc
BSB-Ink
Goff
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Hain-Copinger (+Add)
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Oates
Sander
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Ink inscription at the foot of recto of leaf A2: L: Lut: Parisior: May. 1775. B. Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Old parchment over boards.
Women
Italy Ferrara.