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Aurelius Victor, Sextus:
De viris illustribus

ISTC No.ia01386000
AuthorAurelius Victor, Sextus
TitleDe viris illustribus
ImprintVenice : Andreas de Paltasichis, 5 June 1477
Format4°
NotesAuthorship unknown. Here attributed to Pliny the Younger, but generally to Aurelius Victor from the sixteenth century. (M.M. Sage, The De Viris Illustribus: authorship and date, Hermes 108, (1980), pp.83-100)
Language of itemlat
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.) A1386
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 2136*
GfT: Gesellschaft für Typenkunde des XV. Jahrhunderts. Veröffentlichungen. 33 parts. Leipzig [etc], 1907-39. 1850
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 1609
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. V-203
Lefèvre: Lefèvre, Martine. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.II: Bibliothèques de la région Languedoc-Roussillon. Bordeaux, 1981. 52
IGI: Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia. Compilato da T.M. Guarnaschelli e E. Valenziani [et al.]. 6 vols. Roma, 1943-81. 1085
Sajó-Soltész: Sajó, Géza and Soltész, Erszébet. Catalogus incunabulorum quae in bibliothecis publicis Hungariae asservantur. 2 vols. Budapestini, 1970. 3483
Voull(B): Voulliéme, Ernst. Die Inkunabeln der Königlichen Bibliothek (Preussischen Staatsbibliothek) und der anderen Berliner Sammlungen. Leipzig, 1906. (XXX. Beiheft zum ZfB; supplements: 1914, 1922, 1927). 3815
Madsen: Madsen, Viktor. Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks inkunabler. 3 vols. København, 1935-63. (P.R. Jorgensen. ‘Nye inkunabler … ’. Fund og Forskning 30 (1991) pp.133-38.) 4150
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 1743
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. A-618
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 3555
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). 4422
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 251
BSB-Ink: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog. Bd. 1-6. Wiesbaden, 1988-2005. A-937
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] M50404
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2010. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 86 - Printing in Venice Part VI, VE 361

Holdings

AustriaWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 5.H.38)
CroatiaCavtat, Naucna Biblioteka
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Carcassonne Public Libraries
GermanyBerlin, Staatsbibliothek
Eichstätt, Universitätsbibliothek
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
HungaryBudapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtár
ItalyFirenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (D'Elci 132)
Padova, Biblioteca Universitaria
Palermo, Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana Alberto Bombace
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica (Inc. 261)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (49.E.42)
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina (INC. 302)
Udine, Biblioteca arcivescovile
Venezia, Biblioteca del Museo Correr (imperfect, wanting f.1)
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (Dresden copy)
SwitzerlandSt. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandGlasgow, University Library
Oxford, Bodleian Library
London, British Library (IA.20606)
London, British Library (MS.Harl.218 ff.122-146 = IA.20607) (On MS.Harl.218 see A.G. Watson, 'A sixteenth-century English Sammelband', The Library, 5th series, xix (1964), pp.216-222)
United States of AmericaBryn Mawr PA, Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Stamp.Ross.192)
Number of holding institutions31
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00
 
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Aurelius Victor, Sextus:
De viris illustribus

ISTC No.ia01386000
AuthorAurelius Victor, Sextus
TitleDe viris illustribus
ImprintVenice : Andreas de Paltasichis, 5 June 1477
Format4°
NotesAuthorship unknown. Here attributed to Pliny the Younger, but generally to Aurelius Victor from the sixteenth century. (M.M. Sage, The De Viris Illustribus: authorship and date, Hermes 108, (1980), pp.83-100)
Language of itemlat
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.) A1386
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 2136*
GfT: Gesellschaft für Typenkunde des XV. Jahrhunderts. Veröffentlichungen. 33 parts. Leipzig [etc], 1907-39. 1850
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 1609
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. V-203
Lefèvre: Lefèvre, Martine. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.II: Bibliothèques de la région Languedoc-Roussillon. Bordeaux, 1981. 52
IGI: Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia. Compilato da T.M. Guarnaschelli e E. Valenziani [et al.]. 6 vols. Roma, 1943-81. 1085
Sajó-Soltész: Sajó, Géza and Soltész, Erszébet. Catalogus incunabulorum quae in bibliothecis publicis Hungariae asservantur. 2 vols. Budapestini, 1970. 3483
Voull(B): Voulliéme, Ernst. Die Inkunabeln der Königlichen Bibliothek (Preussischen Staatsbibliothek) und der anderen Berliner Sammlungen. Leipzig, 1906. (XXX. Beiheft zum ZfB; supplements: 1914, 1922, 1927). 3815
Madsen: Madsen, Viktor. Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks inkunabler. 3 vols. København, 1935-63. (P.R. Jorgensen. ‘Nye inkunabler … ’. Fund og Forskning 30 (1991) pp.133-38.) 4150
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 1743
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. A-618
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 3555
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). 4422
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 251
BSB-Ink: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog. Bd. 1-6. Wiesbaden, 1988-2005. A-937
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] M50404
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2010. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 86 - Printing in Venice Part VI, VE 361

Holdings

AustriaWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 5.H.38)
CroatiaCavtat, Naucna Biblioteka
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Carcassonne Public Libraries
GermanyBerlin, Staatsbibliothek
Eichstätt, Universitätsbibliothek
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
HungaryBudapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtár
ItalyFirenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (D'Elci 132)
Padova, Biblioteca Universitaria
Palermo, Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana Alberto Bombace
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica (Inc. 261)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (49.E.42)
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina (INC. 302)
Udine, Biblioteca arcivescovile
Venezia, Biblioteca del Museo Correr (imperfect, wanting f.1)
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (Dresden copy)
SwitzerlandSt. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandGlasgow, University Library
Oxford, Bodleian Library
London, British Library (IA.20606)
London, British Library (MS.Harl.218 ff.122-146 = IA.20607) (On MS.Harl.218 see A.G. Watson, 'A sixteenth-century English Sammelband', The Library, 5th series, xix (1964), pp.216-222)
United States of AmericaBryn Mawr PA, Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Stamp.Ross.192)
Number of holding institutions31
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00