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Homerus:
Batrachomyomachia [Italian]. Tr: Giorgio Sommariva

ISTC No.ih00304400
AuthorHomerus
TitleBatrachomyomachia [Italian]. Tr: Giorgio Sommariva
Imprint[Venice : Nicolaus Jenson?, about 1475]
Format4°
NotesSubscribed 'Verone die xv. Ianuarii. M.CCCC.LXX', which has often been taken as the date and place of printing; but the edition 'is Venetian work, executed with the later [1475 and onwards] state of Jenson's roman either by Jenson himself or by some small firm using his type' (BMC VII p. xlix n.2)
Language of itemita
Reference worksH 8787; GW 12902
show full bibliogr. references
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1993. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 2 - The Classics in Translation, CT 40

Holdings

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandManchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (17643)
United States of AmericaNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (PML 198238)
Number of holding institutions2
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00
 
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Homerus:
Batrachomyomachia [Italian]. Tr: Giorgio Sommariva

ISTC No.ih00304400
AuthorHomerus
TitleBatrachomyomachia [Italian]. Tr: Giorgio Sommariva
Imprint[Venice : Nicolaus Jenson?, about 1475]
Format4°
NotesSubscribed 'Verone die xv. Ianuarii. M.CCCC.LXX', which has often been taken as the date and place of printing; but the edition 'is Venetian work, executed with the later [1475 and onwards] state of Jenson's roman either by Jenson himself or by some small firm using his type' (BMC VII p. xlix n.2)
Language of itemita
Reference worksH 8787; GW 12902
show full bibliogr. references
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1993. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 2 - The Classics in Translation, CT 40

Holdings

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandManchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (17643)
United States of AmericaNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (PML 198238)
Number of holding institutions2
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00