Iohannis Bocacii de Cercaldis historiographi prologus in libros De casibus virorum illustrium incipit
Contributors: Husner, Georg, -1505, printer; Maggs Bros
Publisher: Georg Husner
Published: 1474
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: lat
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Early works to 1800; Biography
Other titles: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: De casibus virorum illustrium
Notes: Title from incipit ([a2]r); imprint from ISTC.

Signatures: [a℗£́ʻ b℗£℗ø c-e℗£́ʻ f-śı] ([a1] blank).

Chancery folio; initial spaces without guide letters; 35 lines per page.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-708

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum., I, 83 (IB. 1022).

Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, B-361

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00708000

Cataloged 20170217 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in ca. 19th-century red goatskin. The title is stamped in gilt on the spine. All text block edges are gilt.  Present on the verso of the front free endpaper is a dealer's description from Maggs Brothers and an inscription, "Catal. Abbend[?]", dated January 7th, 1854. Leaf dimensions: 28.3 x 20.9 cm. Leaf [a1] (blank) is wanting. The initial on [a2] recto is illuminated and historiated. The initial on [a3] recto is rubricated in blue with red flourishes. Many leaves are foliated in an early hand in the upper right margin. The alphabetical index has been annotated, in an early hand, with corresponding page numbers. Acquired by the BPL in December, 1942.