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Ovidius Naso, Publius:
Metamorphoses [French]. La Bible des poètes. Methamorphoze (adapted by Colard Mansion, with a commentary)

ISTC No.io00184200
AuthorOvidius Naso, Publius
TitleMetamorphoses [French]. La Bible des poètes. Methamorphoze (adapted by Colard Mansion, with a commentary)
ImprintParis : Antoine Vérard, 1 Mar. 1493/94
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts, or spaces for illumination. Copies are known with printed headings in place of these spaces or woodcuts (Sheppard)
For Colard Mansion's adaptation of the French Ovidius Moralizatus, see J. Monfrin in The Late Middle Ages and the Dawn of Humanism outside Italy, Leuven 1972, pp. 141-42
Language of itemfrm
Reference worksHC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 12165
Macf: Macfarlane, John. Antoine Vérard. London, 1910. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, VII). 31
Polain(B): Polain, M.-Louis. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique. 5 vols. Bruxelles, 1932-78. 2956
Maignien(Grenoble): Maignien, Edmond. Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble. Macon, 1899. 556
Pell Ms: Pellechet, Marie and Polain, M.L. Catalogue général … (MS of unpublished volumes, reproduced from the original now in the Bibliothèque Nationale.) 23 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (The MS number is quoted first, followed by the number added for the printed edition quoted in parentheses except after 10438 (10196), where the MS numeration ceases). 8896 (8757)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. O-123
Coq: Coq, Dominique. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.XVIII: Bibliothèque de l’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Genève, 2012. 413bis
Péligry: Péligry, Christian. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.III: Bibliothèques de la Région Midi-Pyrénées. Bordeaux, 1982. 602
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). 4775
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. O-075
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 6255
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). 8430
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). VIII 82
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] M28946
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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 80

Holdings

BelgiumBrussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (3, 2 on vellum, the paper copy imperfect)
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts
Boulogne-sur-Mer BM
Grenoble, Bibliothèque municipale
Toulouse, Bibliothèque d'Étude et Patrimonie
GermanyBerlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IC.41148) (Imperfect copy on vellum, with manuscript additions and illumination made in Vérard's office for presentation to Henry VII)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (imperfect)
Number of holding institutions9
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00
 
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Ovidius Naso, Publius:
Metamorphoses [French]. La Bible des poètes. Methamorphoze (adapted by Colard Mansion, with a commentary)

ISTC No.io00184200
AuthorOvidius Naso, Publius
TitleMetamorphoses [French]. La Bible des poètes. Methamorphoze (adapted by Colard Mansion, with a commentary)
ImprintParis : Antoine Vérard, 1 Mar. 1493/94
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts, or spaces for illumination. Copies are known with printed headings in place of these spaces or woodcuts (Sheppard)
For Colard Mansion's adaptation of the French Ovidius Moralizatus, see J. Monfrin in The Late Middle Ages and the Dawn of Humanism outside Italy, Leuven 1972, pp. 141-42
Language of itemfrm
Reference worksHC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 12165
Macf: Macfarlane, John. Antoine Vérard. London, 1910. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, VII). 31
Polain(B): Polain, M.-Louis. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique. 5 vols. Bruxelles, 1932-78. 2956
Maignien(Grenoble): Maignien, Edmond. Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble. Macon, 1899. 556
Pell Ms: Pellechet, Marie and Polain, M.L. Catalogue général … (MS of unpublished volumes, reproduced from the original now in the Bibliothèque Nationale.) 23 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (The MS number is quoted first, followed by the number added for the printed edition quoted in parentheses except after 10438 (10196), where the MS numeration ceases). 8896 (8757)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. O-123
Coq: Coq, Dominique. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.XVIII: Bibliothèque de l’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Genève, 2012. 413bis
Péligry: Péligry, Christian. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.III: Bibliothèques de la Région Midi-Pyrénées. Bordeaux, 1982. 602
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). 4775
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. O-075
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 6255
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). 8430
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). VIII 82
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] M28946
show abbreviated 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 80

Holdings

BelgiumBrussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (3, 2 on vellum, the paper copy imperfect)
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts
Boulogne-sur-Mer BM
Grenoble, Bibliothèque municipale
Toulouse, Bibliothèque d'Étude et Patrimonie
GermanyBerlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IC.41148) (Imperfect copy on vellum, with manuscript additions and illumination made in Vérard's office for presentation to Henry VII)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (imperfect)
Number of holding institutions9
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00