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cooking, italian3
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)13
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton10
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)4
Publius Ovidus Naso4
Platina (1421-1481)3
Plieningen, Dietrich Von (1453-1520)3
Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888)3
Corallus, Stephanus3
Eck, Oswald Von (1573)3
Eck, Leonhard Von (1480-1550)3
Platynae De honesta voluptate: et valitudine ad amplissimum ac Doctissimum.D.B. Roverllam.S.Clementis praesbiterum cardinalem liber primus
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Platynae De honesta voluptate: et valitudine ad amplissimum ac Doctissimum.D.B. Roverllam.S.Clementis praesbiterum cardinalem liber primus

Platina (1421-1481); Laurentius de Aquila; Umber, Sibylinus

Idibus Iuniis Mcccclxxv. [13 June 1475]

Signatures: [*⁴ a¹⁰ b-l⁸] Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [4v] reads: Viri doctissimi Platynæ opusculum de obsoniis ac honesta voluptate: impressum Venetiis: Labore & diligentia La...

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[De honesta voluptate]
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Di Platina, d'la ho[n]esta voluptate [et] valitudine: ad lo a[m]plissimo [et] doctissimo signore B. Rouerella di S[an]cto Cleme[n]te. p[re]te cardi[n]ale, libro p[ri]mo

Platina (1421-1481); Ashburner, Walter (1864-1936); Hieronymus de Sanctis

M. cccclxxx.vij. a di. xv. de Decembrio. [15 December 1487]

Signatures: [*]⁴ a-h⁸ i¹⁰. Place and date of printing from colophon. Colophon on i9v reads: Qui finisse Platina di li obsonnij stampata in Venetia nel anno del signore. M. cccclxxx.vij. a d...

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Strong Room for. fol. 1499 BER vellum manuscript fragments in binding
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Prima pars Dictionarij continet dictiones his litteris incipientibus A.B.C.D (v.1)

Bersuire, Pierre (1290-1362); Beckenhub, Johann; Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Barbier, Paul (1873-1947)

Anno Chr[ist]i.1.4.9.9. mensis Februarij. die quarto. [4 February 1499]

Signatures: volume 1: a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸; volume 2: A-Z⁸ Aa-Rr⁸; volume 3: AA-ZZ⁸ aA-iI⁸. Foliation: volume 1: [3], CCLX, [1] leaves; volume 2: [2], CCCXVII, [1] leaves; volume 3: [2], CCLIIII ...

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Boecius De consolacione philosophie
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Boecius De consolacione philosophie

Boethius (524); Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Caxton, William (1422-1491)

[about 1478]

Signatures: [A-L M⁶]. Imprint from ISTC. An English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is named on [M]5v. "Maister Geffrey Chaucer hath translated this sayd werke out of Latyn into oure usua...

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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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[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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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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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum
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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum

Giovanni da Capua; Prüss, Johann (1510); Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Baron (1880-1946); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Riviere & Son

[about 1489]

Signatures: a-m⁶ n¹⁰. Imprint from ISTC. Latin translation by Giovanni da Capua of the Hebrew version of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah (Arabic version of Fables of Bidpai). On the four issues of this ...

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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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