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Bessarion, Cardinal:
Epistolae et orationes. Ed: Guillermus Fichet. Add: Demosthenes: Olynthiaca prima (Tr: Bessarion)

ISTC No.ib00519000
AuthorBessarion, Cardinal
TitleEpistolae et orationes. Ed: Guillermus Fichet. Add: Demosthenes: Olynthiaca prima (Tr: Bessarion)
Imprint[Paris : Ulrich Gering, Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger, Apr. 1471]
Format4°
NotesFive copies are known with additional printed letters of dedication, all dated 5 Aug. 1471: to Louis XI in Paris BN, to Edward IV of England in Vaticano BAV, to Friedrich III in Vienna ÖNB; two further copies of the letter to Friedrich are in Halle (formerly in Magdeburg Gy, lacking the first leaf: GW Anm.1.4) and Freiburg i.Br. UB (without the body of the book: Sack). Several other copies have manuscript letters to various princes and prelates
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff B519; H 3005; C 1013; Pell 2254; CIBN B-358; Hillard 368; Arnoult 268; IGI 1622; IBP 980; Sack(Freiburg) 606; Ernst(Hannover) 108; GW 4184
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Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1997 & 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 25 - Italian Humanism Part II, IH 96; Unit 53 - Current Affairs Part II, CA 259

Holdings

AustriaWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 3.H.12: GW 4184,3: dedication to Friedrich III., 2ff., vellum)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque Mazarine (without letter of dedication)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (4)
Reims BM
GermanyFreiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek (2 leaves only)
Gotha ForschLB
Halle, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (imperfect)
Hannover, Museum August Kestner
GreeceAthens EB
ItalyVerona, Biblioteca Civica
PolandWłocławek, Seminary (imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, King's College Library
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (12829.2)
United States of AmericaBloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (2: Inc.IV.139(1); Vat.lat.3586 Vat.lat.3586 printed on vellum, the dedication to Edward IV is illuminated)
Number of holding institutions16
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00
 

Bessarion, Cardinal:
Epistolae et orationes. Ed: Guillermus Fichet. Add: Demosthenes: Olynthiaca prima (Tr: Bessarion)

ISTC No.ib00519000
AuthorBessarion, Cardinal
TitleEpistolae et orationes. Ed: Guillermus Fichet. Add: Demosthenes: Olynthiaca prima (Tr: Bessarion)
Imprint[Paris : Ulrich Gering, Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger, Apr. 1471]
Format4°
NotesFive copies are known with additional printed letters of dedication, all dated 5 Aug. 1471: to Louis XI in Paris BN, to Edward IV of England in Vaticano BAV, to Friedrich III in Vienna ÖNB; two further copies of the letter to Friedrich are in Halle (formerly in Magdeburg Gy, lacking the first leaf: GW Anm.1.4) and Freiburg i.Br. UB (without the body of the book: Sack). Several other copies have manuscript letters to various princes and prelates
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff B519; H 3005; C 1013; Pell 2254; CIBN B-358; Hillard 368; Arnoult 268; IGI 1622; IBP 980; Sack(Freiburg) 606; Ernst(Hannover) 108; GW 4184
show full bibliogr. references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1997 & 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 25 - Italian Humanism Part II, IH 96; Unit 53 - Current Affairs Part II, CA 259

Holdings

AustriaWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 3.H.12: GW 4184,3: dedication to Friedrich III., 2ff., vellum)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque Mazarine (without letter of dedication)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (4)
Reims BM
GermanyFreiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek (2 leaves only)
Gotha ForschLB
Halle, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (imperfect)
Hannover, Museum August Kestner
GreeceAthens EB
ItalyVerona, Biblioteca Civica
PolandWłocławek, Seminary (imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, King's College Library
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (12829.2)
United States of AmericaBloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (2: Inc.IV.139(1); Vat.lat.3586 Vat.lat.3586 printed on vellum, the dedication to Edward IV is illuminated)
Number of holding institutions16
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00