Boccaccio, Giovanni:
De claris mulieribus [French] Les nobles et cleres dames
ISTC No.ib00719000
AuthorBoccaccio, Giovanni
TitleDe claris mulieribus [French] Les nobles et cleres dames
ImprintParis : Antoine Vérard, 28 Apr. 1493
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts (11, increased to 80 by repeats). Some copies (e.g. Torino N and vellum copies at London and Paris) have spaces left for painted miniatures in place of the cuts.Other copies (e.g., Manchester JRL 15883) contain miniatures painted over the woodcuts. A total of five copies are known to contain illuminations: BL C.22.c.2*, BnF Vélins 1223, JRUL 15883, Torino Arch Stato J.b.II.22, Torino N XV.IV.68 (Hope Johnston)
Language of itemfrm
Reference worksGoff B719; HC 3337; Macf 25; Pell 2478 & 2478A; CIBN B-519; Polain(B) 4214; IGI 1769; Döring-Fuchs B-259; Pr 8425; BMC VIII 79; GW 4490
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2005. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 66 - Printing in French Part II, FR 129
IISTC. Copy: London BL, G.1450
Holdings
AustriaWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek ( Ink 19.F.11: imperfect, wanting f.1, title)
FranceColmar BM
Paris, Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2, 1 vellum)
Saint-Omer (BM)
GermanyLeipzig Universitätsbibliothek
ItalyRoma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (42.D.35)
Torino, Archivio di Stato (vellum)
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria (wanting ff.143-44)
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, University Library, Allard Pierson, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (van der Elst)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (C.22.c.2* = IB.41132b) (On vellum. In this copy the woodcuts are painted over with scenes more relevant to the text illustrated)
London, British Library (G.1450 = IB.41132a)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (15883 (vellum))
United States of AmericaBoston MA, Public Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection
Number of holding institutions18
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