[Nosce te and four other works]
Contributors: Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480, printer
Publisher: Nicolas Jenson
Published: 1480
Place of publication: Venice
Language: lat
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Doctrines; Early works to 1800; Doctrinal Theology; Catholic Church
Other titles: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Works
Notes: Title devised by cataloger.

Five works, with separate caption titles and colophons.

Colophon to 1st work (Nosce te): Actum hoc opus ex inclyta atq[ue] famosa officina Nicolai Ienson Gallici: olympiadibus d[omi]nicis. Anno uidelicet Mcccclxxx, q[ua]rtas k[a]le[n]das Iulias [28 June 1480].

Colophon to 2nd work (Corona senum): Actum quoq[ue] hoc opus ex inclyta famosaq[ue] officina Nicolai Ieson [sic] ... anno dominice natiuitatis Mcccclxxx quintas nonas Iulias [3 July 1480].

Colophon to 3rd work (De humilitate interiori ...): Actu[m] quoq[ue] opus Venetiis ex inclyta famosaq[ue] officina Nicolai Ienson ... Anno dominice natiutitatis Mcccc [sic] pridie nonas iulias [6 July 1400, i.e. 1480].

Colophon to 4th work (De immensa charitate Dei): Actum quoque est hoc opus Venetiis, ex inclyta, atque famosa officina Nicolai Ieson [sic] ... Anno dominice natiuitatis Mccccclxxx [sic] nonas Iulias [7 July 1580, i.e. 1480].

Colophon to 5th work (Libellus in praeparatione infirmorum): Actum quoq[ue] hoc opus Venetiis ex inclyta famosaq[ue] officina summi uiri Nicolai Ienson ... Anno dominice natiuitatis Mcccclxxx decimasquartas k[a]lendas Sextiles [19 July 1480].

Signatures: a-ńı o℗£℗ø (a1 and o12 blank); ℗øa-ćı (℗øa1 blank); ℗đáı (℗đa1 and ℗đa8 blank); ́þa℗£℗ø (́þa1 blank); ́æa-ǵı (́æa1 and ́æg8 blank).

Chancery quarto; 26 lines per page; initial spaces, some with guide letters.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-274

Catalogue of books printed during the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 181

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00274000

Cataloged 20170921 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in ca. 19th-century calfskin and marbled papers. Spine ruled and stamped in gilt with the monogram "F.S." under a crown in the lower compartment. Dealer's description tipped on to front pastedown. Early inscription on a1 verso: "Hic liber est congregationis s[an]c[t]e [Iustine?] deputatus Monasterio sancte [Mariae sive Abbatiae?] florentine qu[a]e dominus Marcell [...]" Ink stamp of the Strozzi family of Florence on a2 recto. Early/contemporary manuscript foliation in upper right margins. Early/contemporary marginalia. Some initials supplied in brown ink. Manuscript "tabula christiane religionis" on ℗đa12 verso to ́þa1 recto. Initials supplied in red ink (́æf8 to ́æg3). Leaf dimensions 200 x 138. Purchased June, 1943.
Table of contents: title: ... Nosce te ...; title: Liber qui intitulatur Corona senum; title: Frater Ioannes ad fratres suos Carthusiensis Patauine cartusiae habitantes de humilitate interiori & pacientia uera; title: Ad fratres suos Cartusienses domus sanctorum Hieronymi & Bernardi prope Paduam de i[m]mensa charitate dei ...; title: Libellus in praeparatione infirmorum ...