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mathematics, greek1
lord's prayer1
chronology, historical1
christian life1
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)5
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton4
Fust, Johannes2
Fust, Johannes (1400-1466)2
Riviere, Robert1
Riviere, Robert (1808-1882)1
Sadler, Michael1
Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528)1
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm1
Malaspina, Manfredi1

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Lib[er] cronicarum : cu[m] figuris et ymagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di

Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514); Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519); Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm (1494); Schreyer, Sebald (1446-1520); Kammermeister, Sebastian (1446-1503); Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Riviere, Robert (1808-1882); Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge Baron (1820-1894); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e 1493. [12 July 1493]

No signatures. Title extracted from woodcut title of register (leaf [1ar]), which begins: Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum. Imprint from the colophon on the verso of leaf [CCC]. Colophon ...

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Incipit liber qui vocatur Speculum Xpristiani

Watton, John (1360-1370); Frankenberg, Johann Heinrich von (1726-1804); Machlinia, William de (1481-1486); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1485]

Signatures: [A-L⁸ M⁶ N⁴ O⁸ P-Q⁶]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [Q5v] reads: Iste libellus imp[re]ssus est i[n] opulentissima ciuitate Londoniar[um] p[er] me Willelmu[m] de Machlini...

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The prouffytable boke for ma[n]nes soule, and right comfortable to the body, and specyally in aduersitee [and] trybulacyon, whiche boke is called The chastysing of goddes chyldern

Worde, Wynkyn de; Bedford, Francis (1799-1883); Huth, Henry (1815-1878); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1492-93]

Signatures: [*]² A-G⁶ H⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 36 lines to a full column. Ornamental woodcut initials on [*1v] and A1r. Woodcut initials throughout. Indexed in...

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[A leaf from the first printed Bible]
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[A leaf from the first printed Bible]

Gutenberg, Johann (1397?-1468); Fust, Johannes (1400-1466); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1455]

Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 42 lines to a full column.

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[Two half leaves from the first dated Bible]

Fust, Johannes (1400-1466); Schöffer, Peter (1425-1502); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[14 August 1462]

Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 48 lines to a full column.

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Brotherton Collection Safe TRA Westminster 1480 final leaves
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[Epitome margaritae eloquentiae]

Traversagni, Lorenzo Guglielmo (1425-1503); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Higgin, Anthony (1624)

[after 21 January 1480]

Signatures: [a⁶ b⁴ c⁶ d⁶ e⁸ f⁴]. No printed signatures, catchwords or pagination. With explicit but no colophon. The author also appears in catalogues as Guillermus Saphonensis (the ...

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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m]foelicissime
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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime

Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Adelard of Bath (1116-1142); Campano da Novara (1296); Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Malaspina, Manfredi marchese di Filattiera (1720-1787); Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)

anno Salutis 1482 octauis Calen[darum] Iun[ij]. [25 May 1482]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸. Title from incipit in red on a2r. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on r7v reads: Opus elementoru[m] euclidis megarensis in geometria[m] arte[m] In id quoq[ue] Campani p...

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