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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)11
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton8
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)4
Publius Ovidus Naso4
Eck, Leonhard Von (1480-1550)3
Eck, Oswald Von (1573)3
Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854)3
Linck, Sebastian (1548)3
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De las propiedades de las cosas
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De las propiedades de las cosas

Bartholomaeus Anglicus; Burgos, Vincente de; Mayer, Henricus; Mancebo, Julián; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

a[n]no del señor de mil [e] quatro çientos [e] nouenta quatro a diez [e] ocho del mes de setie[m]bre. [18 September 1494]

Signatures: a⁶ 2a⁸ b-m⁸ n-o⁶ A-M⁸ aa⁶ bb-ee⁸ ff-gg⁶ hh-oo⁸ pp⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on pp4v reads: Feneçe el libro delas propiedades delas cosas trasladado de lat...

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Brotherton Collection Incunabula SUI Milan 1499 title written on tail-edge in ink manuscript
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[To men paron biblion, Souida : Oi de syntaxa menoi touto, andres sophoi]

Chalcondyles, Demetrius (1424-1511); Chalcondyles, Demetrius (1424-1511); Bissolus, Joannes; Mangius, Benedictus; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno ab incarnatione. M.cccc,lxxxxviiii die xv nouembris. [15 November 1499]

Signatures: [alpha]-[omega]⁸ 3[alpha]-3[lamda]⁸ [Alpha]-[Omega]⁸ 2[Alpha]-2[Delta]⁸ 2[Epsilon]-2[Zeta]⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on 2[Zeta]5v reads: Anno ab incarnatione. M.cccc,...

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[Peregrinatio in terram sanctam]
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[Peregrinatio in terram sanctam]

Breydenbach, Bernhard von (1497); Reuwich, Erhard (1483-1486); Baluze, Étienne (1630-1718); Wodhull, Michael (1740-1816); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxvj.die.xi.Februarij. [11 February 1486]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon reads: Sanctaru[m] peregrinationu[m] in montem Syon ad venerandu[m] [Christi] sepulcru[m] in Ierusalem. atq[ue] in monte[m] Synai ad diua[m] virgine[m] et martire[m] ...

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[Opera]
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[Opera] (v.1)

Ovid; Corallus, Stephanus; Plieningen, Dietrich von (1453-1520); Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560); Linck, Sebastian (1548); Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550); Oswald von Eck; Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854); Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

Signatures: volume 1: [*]⁸ A-R⁸ S¹⁰ T⁸ V¹⁰ X-Y⁸ (leaf Y8 blank, leaf [*1] possibly blank, leaves G3-G4 signed F.iii.-F.iiii.); volume 2: aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ ²gg⁸ hh-nn⁸ oo⁶ pp-rr⁸ (l...

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[Opera]
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[Opera] (v.2)

Ovid; Corallus, Stephanus; Plieningen, Dietrich von (1453-1520); Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560); Linck, Sebastian (1548); Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550); Oswald von Eck; Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854); Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

Signatures: volume 1: [*]⁸ A-R⁸ S¹⁰ T⁸ V¹⁰ X-Y⁸ (leaf Y8 blank, leaf [*1] possibly blank, leaves G3-G4 signed F.iii.-F.iiii.); volume 2: aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ ²gg⁸ hh-nn⁸ oo⁶ pp-rr⁸ (l...

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[Opera]
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[Opera] (v.3)

Ovid; Corallus, Stephanus; Plieningen, Dietrich von (1453-1520); Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560); Linck, Sebastian (1548); Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550); Oswald von Eck; Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854); Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

Signatures: volume 1: [*]⁸ A-R⁸ S¹⁰ T⁸ V¹⁰ X-Y⁸ (leaf Y8 blank, leaf [*1] possibly blank, leaves G3-G4 signed F.iii.-F.iiii.); volume 2: aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ ²gg⁸ hh-nn⁸ oo⁶ pp-rr⁸ (l...

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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]
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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]

Silber, Eucharius (1480-1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[24 January 1491]

Signatures: A-G⁸ H⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Printed with 22 long lines to a full page. At the head of leaf A4r is an heraldic woodcut containing the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Pope (Ale...

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De laniis & phitonicis mulieribus
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De laniis & phitonicis mulieribus

Molitor, Ulrich (fl. 1470-1501); Sigmund archduke of Austria (1427-1496); Prüss, Johann (1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[not before 10 January 1489]

Signatures: a-b⁸ c-d⁶. Imprint from ISTC. BMC dates the book to about 1488-93. Title taken from leaf a1r. Introductory letter addressed to Sigmund, Archduke of Austria. Leaf a2r: Tractat...

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Brotherton Collection Incunabula OVI Venice 1493 marbled paper pastedowns and bookplates
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P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos libri cum commento

Ovid; Regio, Rafaello (1520); Scotto, Ottaviano (1498); Locatelli, Boneto (1486-1523); Niven, William (1921); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis.M.CCCC.LXXXXIII.Nonis Iuniis. [4-5 June 1493]

Signatures: [*]² A-R⁸ S⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on S5r reads: Venetiis impressum Per Bonetum Locatellu[m]: mandato & expe[n]sis nobilis uiri Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis. Anno salut...

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[Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils und ewiger Seligkeit]
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[Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils und ewiger Seligkeit]

Fridolin, Stephan (1430-1498); Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519); Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Nach der geburt Christi vierzehenhundert vnd yn dem eynvnndneuentzigisten iar Am Eritag dem achtenden tag dess Monats Nouembris au[ss]gedrucket. [8 November 1491]

Signatures: a-z⁶ ab-ad⁶ ae⁸ A-Z⁶ Aa-Gg⁶ Hh¹⁰. Colophon on Hh9r reads: Also endet sych hye das Büch. der Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtümer des heils vnnd ewyger seilgk...

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Heiligen Leben
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Heiligen Leben

1471

Place of publication: Augsburg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: Rubricated capital 'D' midway down second column. Illustrations: Woodcut midway down second column; depicting two women, one ...

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Heiligen Leben
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Heiligen Leben

1471

Place of publication: Augsburg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: One enlarged rubicated initial (hand-drawn) Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The image shows five men: one is kneeling i...

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