Ars moriendi "Cum de praesentis exilii miseria mortis transitus" [Italian] Arte del ben morire. Prelim: Historia della morte corporale
ISTC No.ia01112000
TitleArs moriendi "Cum de praesentis exilii miseria mortis transitus" [Italian] Arte del ben morire. Prelim: Historia della morte corporale
Imprint[Venice : Simon Bevilaqua, about 1495]
Format4°
NotesWoodcuts. Unassigned in BMC and GW. IGI assigns to Bevilaqua
Sometimes attributed to Matthaeus de Cracovia or to Albertus Magnus (and in Italian editions to Dominicus Capranica, Cardinal of Fermo); cf. A. Madre, Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philos. u. Theol. des Mittelalters 40 (1965) p.292-295), and D. Mertens, Iacobus Carthusiensis (Göttingen, 1976) p.181
Language of itemita
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) A1112
TFS: Type Facsimile Society. Publications. Oxford, 1900-09. 1907ll
Essling: Masséna, Victor, Prince d’Essling. Les livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe. 4 vols. Florence, 1907-14. 271
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IGI: Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia. Compilato da T.M. Guarnaschelli e E. Valenziani [et al.]. 6 vols. Roma, 1943-81. 896
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 2231
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 7371 (Historia only)
BMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum [British Library]. 13 parts. London, ’t Goy-Houten, 1963-2007. (Pts I-IX reproduced from the working copies of the original edition (London, 1908-62) annotated at the Museum). V 593 (Historia only)
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 2630
Holdings
ItalyFirenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Pal. E.6.3.113 imperfect, wanting f. a1, c1)
Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis (imperfect, wanting f.23, 30)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IA.25165) (Historia only (ff.1-5), without the signature mark described by Essling)
Cambridge, University Library (Historia only, imperfect)
United States of AmericaNew York NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints
Number of holding institutions5
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