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Alberti, Leo Baptista:
De re aedificatoria. Ed: Bernardus de Albertis. Add: Angelus Politianus: Epistola ad Laurentium Medicem. Baptista Siculus: Carmen ad lectorem

ISTC No.ia00215000
AuthorAlberti, Leo Baptista
TitleDe re aedificatoria. Ed: Bernardus de Albertis. Add: Angelus Politianus: Epistola ad Laurentium Medicem. Baptista Siculus: Carmen ad lectorem
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 29 Dec. 1485
Formatf°
NotesFor two states see BMC
It appears from the letter of Politianus that the editing was done by Alberti's brother Bernardus, and that his own part was confined to this brief laudatory preface
MS Laur. 89 sup. 113 was used (among others) as printer's copy; ('Leon Battista Alberti. La biblioteca di un umanista' [catalogue of an exhibition at the BML Firenze], Firenze, 2005, no. 54)
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff A215; HC 419*; GfT 2174; Klebs 32.1; Pell 266; CIBN A-112; Aquilon 7; Coq 7bis; Lefèvre 3; Zehnacker 39; Delisle 34; Maignien(Grenoble) 7; Polain(B) 66 & 66A; IGI 155; SI 64; IBP 90; IBPort 44; Sajó-Soltész 52; IDL 117; IBE 153; IJL2 3; Mendes 34; Madsen 48, 49; Martín Abad A-30; Sack(Freiburg) 56; Hubay(Augsburg) 26; Voull(B) 2885; Günt(L) 1067; Voull(Trier) 1671; Kind(Göttingen) 1645; Döring-Fuchs A-71; Walsh 2855, 2856, 2857, 2858; Oates 2336; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 20; Bod-inc A-092; Sheppard 5064; Pr 6131; BMC VI 630; BSB-Ink A-125; GW 579 (+ Accurti(1936) p.53); Fac: Alberti Index, ed. H-K. Lücke (Munich 1975) vol. 4
show full bibliogr. references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Architectura, CESR, Tours (Paris BENSBA copy)
Electronic facsimile : Boston Public Library
Electronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1997 & 2001. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 24 - Italian Humanism Part I, IH 3; Unit 44 - Science Part IV, SCI 310

Holdings

AustraliaSydney, State Library of New South Wales
AustriaSalzburg, Universitätsbibliothek
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (3; Ink 10.F.25, Ink 26.F.41, Ink 32-17)
BelgiumBrussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
Leuven-Heverlee, S.J. (imperfect, wanting leaves 14-5)
CanadaMontreal QC, McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Czech RepublicOlomouc, Vědecká knihovna v Olomouci
Praha, Národni knihovna České republiky (Roudnice)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (2, 1 imperfect, 1 var)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts (var)
Chantilly, Musée Condé
Grenoble, Bibliothèque municipale
Montpellier, Médiathèque Centrale Émile Zola (2)
Orléans, La Médiathèque
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire
Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale (imperfect)
GermanyAugsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Braunschweig Herzog-Anton-UlrichM
Dessau, Bibliothek der Anhaltischen Landesbücherei
Dresden, Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek
Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek
Göttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Halle, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Hamburg MfKunst&Gewerbe (copy lost)
Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (2)
München, Deutsches Museum, Bibliothek
München, Universitätsbibliothek
München TUB
Nürnberg, Stadtbibliothek
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek (2)
Trier, Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek der Stadt Trier / Stadtarchiv
Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek
Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (var, Inc.86)
HungaryBudapest, Egyetemi Könyvtár, Bibliotheca Universitatis (imperfect)
Kalocsa, Föszékesegygázi Könyvtár
ItalyBassano del Grappa, Museo Biblioteca Archivio
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria (2 var)
Como, Biblioteca Comunale Paolo Borsellino
Ferrara, Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea (var)
Firenze, Accademia di Belle Arti
Firenze, Biblioteca Marucelliana (imperfect)
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (4: Magl. C.2.18, Magl. C.2.19, Pal. E.6.2.10, Nencini inc.25)
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana
Firenze, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Fondazione Ridolfi
Genova, Biblioteca Durazzo *BP
Genova, Biblioteca Universitaria
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense
Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana
Milano, Università Cattolica (imperfect)
Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
Napoli, Biblioteca Universitaria
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina (2)
Perugia, Biblioteca Augusta (2)
Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (var)
Poppi, Biblioteca Comunale Rilli - Vettori
Roma, Archivio di Stato
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (Vol. Inc. 228) (imperfect, wanting quire b8 and ff. c1-7)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (53.C.35)
Roma, Biblioteca Hertziana
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina (INC. 346)
San Candido, Museo Archivio e Biblioteca della Collegiata
Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria (imperfect)
Treviso, Biblioteca Comunale di Borgo Cavour
Venezia Acc Belle Arti
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (2, 1 imperfect)
Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare (imperfect)
Vicenza, Biblioteca del Centro internazionale di studi di architettura Andrea Palladio
Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacci (Biblioteca Comunale)
JapanHiroshima, Hiroshima University of Economics
Kanazawa, Institute of Technology
LatviaRiga, National Library of Latvia
The NetherlandsDen Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (KW 170 D 18)
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (KW 151 B 15)
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (003 C 037)
PolandKórnik, Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Poznań Muz (var)
PortugalLisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (imperfect)
Porto, Biblioteca Pública Municipal
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (2, Breslau copies)
St Petersburg, National Library of Russia
SpainBarcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España (2nd state)
Madrid, Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2nd state)
Salamanca, Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad (2nd state)
Santiago de Compostela, Biblioteca Universitaria (2nd state)
Zaragoza, Real Seminario Sacerdotal de San Carlos
SwedenGöteborg, Universitet Biblioteket
SwitzerlandBasel, Universitätsbibliothek (imperfect)
Genève, Fondation Martin Bodmer
Zürich, Bibliothek der ETH
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAberdeen, University Library
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
Edinburgh, University Library
Glasgow, Public Library, Mitchell Library
Norfolk, Holkham Hall Library
Liverpool, Central Library
London, Royal Institute of British Architects
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library
London, Warburg Library
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (2: 18319, Christie 2a2)
Newcastle, University Library
Oxford, Bodleian Library (var)
Oxford, Corpus Christi College
London, British Library (169.i.3 = IB.27125a)
London, British Library (G.9158(3) = IB.27125b)
London, British Library (IB.27125)
Cambridge, University Library (Inc.3.B.8.4[1935])
Winchester, Winchester College (SR20)
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Be.3.11)
Liverpool, University Library (SPEC Inc.P05/B)
United States of AmericaBryn Mawr PA, Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library
Boston MA, Public Library (var)
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
New York, Columbia University, Avery Library
Los Angeles CA, Getty Centre, Getty Research Institute
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (var)
Florence, Harvard University, Berenson Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (var)
Claremont CA, Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Bodman Collection
Baltimore MD, Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries, John Work Garett Library, Laurence Hall Fowler Collection (var)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (2,1 var)
New York NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library
Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, Library
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2: 1 var.)
Princeton Univ., Art Museum
Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution, Dibner Library
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library
Los Angeles CA, University of California, Belt Library of Vinciana
Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
Middletown CT, Wesleyan University, Olin Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (Zi +6131)
Austin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center (Incun 1485 Aℓ14d)
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (6; Inc.II.308, Stamp.Ross.1773, Stamp.Chig.III.354, Stamp.Barb.BBB.III.27, Prop.Fide.II.171, Inc.III.143)
Number of holding institutions148
Last Edit2024-12-18 18:00:00.00
 
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Alberti, Leo Baptista:
De re aedificatoria. Ed: Bernardus de Albertis. Add: Angelus Politianus: Epistola ad Laurentium Medicem. Baptista Siculus: Carmen ad lectorem

ISTC No.ia00215000
AuthorAlberti, Leo Baptista
TitleDe re aedificatoria. Ed: Bernardus de Albertis. Add: Angelus Politianus: Epistola ad Laurentium Medicem. Baptista Siculus: Carmen ad lectorem
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 29 Dec. 1485
Formatf°
NotesFor two states see BMC
It appears from the letter of Politianus that the editing was done by Alberti's brother Bernardus, and that his own part was confined to this brief laudatory preface
MS Laur. 89 sup. 113 was used (among others) as printer's copy; ('Leon Battista Alberti. La biblioteca di un umanista' [catalogue of an exhibition at the BML Firenze], Firenze, 2005, no. 54)
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff A215; HC 419*; GfT 2174; Klebs 32.1; Pell 266; CIBN A-112; Aquilon 7; Coq 7bis; Lefèvre 3; Zehnacker 39; Delisle 34; Maignien(Grenoble) 7; Polain(B) 66 & 66A; IGI 155; SI 64; IBP 90; IBPort 44; Sajó-Soltész 52; IDL 117; IBE 153; IJL2 3; Mendes 34; Madsen 48, 49; Martín Abad A-30; Sack(Freiburg) 56; Hubay(Augsburg) 26; Voull(B) 2885; Günt(L) 1067; Voull(Trier) 1671; Kind(Göttingen) 1645; Döring-Fuchs A-71; Walsh 2855, 2856, 2857, 2858; Oates 2336; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 20; Bod-inc A-092; Sheppard 5064; Pr 6131; BMC VI 630; BSB-Ink A-125; GW 579 (+ Accurti(1936) p.53); Fac: Alberti Index, ed. H-K. Lücke (Munich 1975) vol. 4
show full bibliogr. references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Architectura, CESR, Tours (Paris BENSBA copy)
Electronic facsimile : Boston Public Library
Electronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1997 & 2001. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 24 - Italian Humanism Part I, IH 3; Unit 44 - Science Part IV, SCI 310

Holdings

AustraliaSydney, State Library of New South Wales
AustriaSalzburg, Universitätsbibliothek
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (3; Ink 10.F.25, Ink 26.F.41, Ink 32-17)
BelgiumBrussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
Leuven-Heverlee, S.J. (imperfect, wanting leaves 14-5)
CanadaMontreal QC, McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Czech RepublicOlomouc, Vědecká knihovna v Olomouci
Praha, Národni knihovna České republiky (Roudnice)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (2, 1 imperfect, 1 var)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts (var)
Chantilly, Musée Condé
Grenoble, Bibliothèque municipale
Montpellier, Médiathèque Centrale Émile Zola (2)
Orléans, La Médiathèque
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire
Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale (imperfect)
GermanyAugsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Braunschweig Herzog-Anton-UlrichM
Dessau, Bibliothek der Anhaltischen Landesbücherei
Dresden, Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek
Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek
Göttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Halle, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Hamburg MfKunst&Gewerbe (copy lost)
Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (2)
München, Deutsches Museum, Bibliothek
München, Universitätsbibliothek
München TUB
Nürnberg, Stadtbibliothek
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek (2)
Trier, Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek der Stadt Trier / Stadtarchiv
Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek
Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (var, Inc.86)
HungaryBudapest, Egyetemi Könyvtár, Bibliotheca Universitatis (imperfect)
Kalocsa, Föszékesegygázi Könyvtár
ItalyBassano del Grappa, Museo Biblioteca Archivio
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria (2 var)
Como, Biblioteca Comunale Paolo Borsellino
Ferrara, Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea (var)
Firenze, Accademia di Belle Arti
Firenze, Biblioteca Marucelliana (imperfect)
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (4: Magl. C.2.18, Magl. C.2.19, Pal. E.6.2.10, Nencini inc.25)
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana
Firenze, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Fondazione Ridolfi
Genova, Biblioteca Durazzo *BP
Genova, Biblioteca Universitaria
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense
Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana
Milano, Università Cattolica (imperfect)
Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
Napoli, Biblioteca Universitaria
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina (2)
Perugia, Biblioteca Augusta (2)
Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (var)
Poppi, Biblioteca Comunale Rilli - Vettori
Roma, Archivio di Stato
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (Vol. Inc. 228) (imperfect, wanting quire b8 and ff. c1-7)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (53.C.35)
Roma, Biblioteca Hertziana
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina (INC. 346)
San Candido, Museo Archivio e Biblioteca della Collegiata
Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria (imperfect)
Treviso, Biblioteca Comunale di Borgo Cavour
Venezia Acc Belle Arti
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (2, 1 imperfect)
Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare (imperfect)
Vicenza, Biblioteca del Centro internazionale di studi di architettura Andrea Palladio
Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacci (Biblioteca Comunale)
JapanHiroshima, Hiroshima University of Economics
Kanazawa, Institute of Technology
LatviaRiga, National Library of Latvia
The NetherlandsDen Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (KW 170 D 18)
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (KW 151 B 15)
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (003 C 037)
PolandKórnik, Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Poznań Muz (var)
PortugalLisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (imperfect)
Porto, Biblioteca Pública Municipal
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (2, Breslau copies)
St Petersburg, National Library of Russia
SpainBarcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España (2nd state)
Madrid, Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2nd state)
Salamanca, Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad (2nd state)
Santiago de Compostela, Biblioteca Universitaria (2nd state)
Zaragoza, Real Seminario Sacerdotal de San Carlos
SwedenGöteborg, Universitet Biblioteket
SwitzerlandBasel, Universitätsbibliothek (imperfect)
Genève, Fondation Martin Bodmer
Zürich, Bibliothek der ETH
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAberdeen, University Library
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
Edinburgh, University Library
Glasgow, Public Library, Mitchell Library
Norfolk, Holkham Hall Library
Liverpool, Central Library
London, Royal Institute of British Architects
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library
London, Warburg Library
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (2: 18319, Christie 2a2)
Newcastle, University Library
Oxford, Bodleian Library (var)
Oxford, Corpus Christi College
London, British Library (169.i.3 = IB.27125a)
London, British Library (G.9158(3) = IB.27125b)
London, British Library (IB.27125)
Cambridge, University Library (Inc.3.B.8.4[1935])
Winchester, Winchester College (SR20)
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Be.3.11)
Liverpool, University Library (SPEC Inc.P05/B)
United States of AmericaBryn Mawr PA, Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library
Boston MA, Public Library (var)
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
New York, Columbia University, Avery Library
Los Angeles CA, Getty Centre, Getty Research Institute
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (var)
Florence, Harvard University, Berenson Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (var)
Claremont CA, Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Bodman Collection
Baltimore MD, Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries, John Work Garett Library, Laurence Hall Fowler Collection (var)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (2,1 var)
New York NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library
Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, Library
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2: 1 var.)
Princeton Univ., Art Museum
Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution, Dibner Library
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library
Los Angeles CA, University of California, Belt Library of Vinciana
Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
Middletown CT, Wesleyan University, Olin Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (Zi +6131)
Austin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center (Incun 1485 Aℓ14d)
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (6; Inc.II.308, Stamp.Ross.1773, Stamp.Chig.III.354, Stamp.Barb.BBB.III.27, Prop.Fide.II.171, Inc.III.143)
Number of holding institutions148
Last Edit2024-12-18 18:00:00.00