De plurimis claris sceletis q[ue] mulieribus
Subtitle: opus prope diuinu[m] nouissime congestum
Contributors: Albertus, de Placentia, editor; Augustinus, de Casali Maiori, editor; Beatrice Aragonska, consort of Vladislav II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, 1457-1508, dedicatee; Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482-1521, printer; Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner; Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928, former owner; Mitchell, William, 1821-1908, former owner; Stuart, William, 1798-1874, former owner; Stuart, William, 1825-1893, former owner
Publisher: [Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia]
Published: 1497
Place of publication: Ferrara]
Language: lat
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Biography; Women
Other titles: De plurimis claris selectisque mulieribus, opus prope divinum novissime congestum; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: De claris mulieribus
Notes: Title from title page on leaf A1 recto.

Imprint derived from colophon (z6 recto): Opus de claris selectisq[ue] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ia[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 Inuictis[simo].q[ue] p[ri]ncipe : Diuo Hercule : Duce secundo : Ferrarie[n]sibus legiptime Imperante.

Edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori.

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.

Signatures: Áþ a-éı f́œ g-ṕı q-x́œ℗ʺ́ı y-źœ.

Chancery folio; a3 recto: 45 lines plus successive lines with foliation and headlines, 237 (244, 248) x 145 mm; types: 105G (text), 81G mixed with sorts from 63G (marginalia, tables); 105R (capitals only, foliations); printed marginalia, woodcut initials and printed Lombards; woodcut vignettes and woodcut borders, xylographic title page.

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).

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, 613

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J204

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00204000

cataloged 20200103 jm

condition reviewed 20200203 cl
Table of contents: title: Title page, A1 recto; title: woodcut illustration and border, dated 1493, A1 verso; title: Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. [Prologue dedicated to] Beatrix de Aragona, Queen of Hungary, A2 recto-A3 verso; title: Table of contents, A4 recto-verso; title: Table of subjects, a1 recto; title: woodcut illustration and border, dated 1493, a1 verso; title: Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. De claris mulieribus, edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori, a2 recto-z5 verso; title: colophon, z6 recto; title: printer's register and device, z6 recto.