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Plutarchus:
Vitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Add: Sextus Rufus: De historia Romana

ISTC No.ip00832000
AuthorPlutarchus
TitleVitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Add: Sextus Rufus: De historia Romana
ImprintVenice : Nicolaus Jenson, 2 Jan. 1478
Format
Notes2 parts
Includes lives of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, and Carolus Magnus by Donatus Acciaiolus; of Agesilaus by Xenophon (attributed to Plutarch); of Cicero by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (attributed to Plutarch); of Evagoras by Isocrates; of T. Pomponius Atticus by Cornelius Nepos; of Plato by Guarinus Veronensis; of Aristoteles by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (attributed to Guarinus); and of Homer, ascribed to Herodotus
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff P832; HC 13127*; Pell Ms 9562 (9387); CIBN P-491; Hillard 1666; Arnoult 1217; Neveu 491; Parguez 850; Péligry 650; Zehnacker 1914; Delisle 1503; Polain(B) 3212; IGI 7922; IBP 4501; CCIR P-112; Sajó-Soltész 2798; IDL 3749; IBE 4695; IBPort 1484; IJL2 308; Mendes 1060; Madsen 3327; Martín Abad P-157; Günt(L) 3306; Voull(B) 3671; Deckert 525; Deckert(Nachtr) 6; Ohly-Sack 2395; Borm 2190; Walsh 1588; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 1451; Bod-inc P-392; Sheppard 3284; Pr 4113; BMC V 178; BSB-Ink P-626; GW M34480
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2008. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 82 - Printing in Venice Part IV, VE 260

Holdings

AUHobart UL
AT (Ink 214-215)


(2; Ink 4.C.4, Ink 32-11)
BE (I)
CAMontreal QC, McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Toronto ON, University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (II)
HR
CZ
DK
FI
FRParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (4, 1 I only, vellum)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine
Chantilly, Musée Condé
Langres, Société Historique et Archéologique de Langres
Louviers Médiathèque
Lyon MIB (fragment)
Rodez, Médiathèque-ludothèque
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire
DE


(Inc.V-17)
(2)
(H62/INC 1752[1/2)




(single leaves only, GM-Ink.693a+b)
(3, 1 imperfect, 1 fragment)
(imperfect)
Nürnberg MelanchthonGym


(vellum)


HU
IEDublin, Trinity College (Fag. GG 2, 1 Vol. 1; Fag. GG 2,2 Vol. 2) (vellum)
Dublin, Trinity College (TT.bb.1 Vol.1; TT.bb.2 Vol.2)
ITAlessandria, Biblioteca Civica (II)
Bassano del Grappa, Museo Biblioteca Archivio (II)
Bergamo, Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria (2, 1 imperfect)
Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana
Chiari, Biblioteca Morcelliana (2: CS.II.2, CS.II.3)
Cosenza, Biblioteca Civica
Crema Sem (I)
Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Inc. 1. 7/1-2 imperfect, wanting f. a1)
Firenze, Biblioteca Marucelliana
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Magl. C.-.11 imperfect, wanting f. a1)
Firenze, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Fondazione Ridolfi
Genova, Biblioteca Civica Berio
Genova, Biblioteca Durazzo *BP
Lucca, Biblioteca Capitolare Feliniana
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (2)
Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana (I)
Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria (2)
Napoli C
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (4)
Napoli, Biblioteca Universitaria
Padova, Pontificia Biblioteca Antoniana (imperfect, wanting f. a5-6)
Padova, Biblioteca Capitolare nella Curia Vescovile di Padova
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina (2)
Perugia, Biblioteca Augusta (I)
Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi
Ravenna, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense (2)
Reggio Calabria C
Rimini, Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica (Inc. 301)
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (Vol. Inc. 488)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (50.G.2-3)
Roma, Fondazione Primoli
Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele II (2: 70.2.G.5-6, 70.1.G.9 imperfect)
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria
Torino Superga (now Roma Marianum)
Trento, Fondazione Biblioteca San Bernardino
Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis
Udine, Biblioteca del Seminario
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (3)
Verona, Biblioteca Civica
Vicenza, Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana (II)
Vicenza Sem
Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacci (Biblioteca Comunale)
JPTenri Central Library
Tokyo, Keio University Library
NL
(005 A 006; 129 B 013) (2)
Kampen GA
NZWellington, National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library
PL


PTLisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (imperfect)
ROAlba Iulia, Biblioteca Naţională a României, Biblioteca Batthyaneum
ESBarcelona, Archivo de la Corona de Aragón
Barcelona, CRAI Biblioteca de Fons Antic (imperfect)
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España (3, 1 imperfect, wanting Part I leaves 2-8 and part of the 9th and the 10th, and the last leaf of Part II, 1 imperfect, Part I only, 1 imperfect, Part II only)
Salamanca, Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad
CHBasel, Universitätsbibliothek
Bern, Universitätsbibliothek


GBCambridge, Gonville and Caius College (imperfect)
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
Coleraine, Ulster University Library
Glasgow, University Library (Hunterian)
Liverpool, University Library (1 copy and 1 single leaf fragment)
London, Royal College of Physicians
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (3388)
Manchester, Chetham's Library
Oxford, Bodleian Library (2)
Oxford, Corpus Christi College
Oxford, Magdalen College
Oxford, New College
Reading University Library (fragment)
(C.1.d.3,4 = IC.19711)
(IC.19710) (Imperfect copy of vol.II, wanting G5-10, H-L, sheets G3-5 and the last leaf)
USTucson AZ, University of Arizona, Special Collections
Northridge CA, California State University, CSUN Library (II, -)
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Worcester MA, Clark University, Robert H. Goddard Library
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Bloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (2)
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2, 1 II only, vell [vol I at BN Paris])
Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library (2)
Stanford CA, Stanford University, Green Library
St Charles Borromeo Seminary Library (II only, sold October 2015)
Berkeley CA, University of California, Bancroft Library (2)
Los Angeles CA, University of California
Chicago IL, University of Chicago Libraries, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Boulder CO, University of Colorado, Norlin Library
Lawrence KS, University of Kansas, Spencer Library
Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan, University Library
Columbia MO, University of Missouri, Ellis Library
Eugene OR, University of Oregon, Knight Library
Austin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (2)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
New York NY, Mrs. Alexander P. Rosenberg (Sold, Christie’s New York, 23 April 2021 (lot 150))
VACittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (5: Inc.S.13, Stamp.Ross.1486, Stamp.Chig.S.148, Prop.Fide.II.221-222, Inc.S.162)
noofcopies153
Last Edit2024-09-02 16:55:35
 
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Plutarchus:
Vitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Add: Sextus Rufus: De historia Romana

idip00832000
authorPlutarchus
titleVitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Add: Sextus Rufus: De historia Romana
imprintVenice : Nicolaus Jenson, 2 Jan. 1478
dimensions
notes2 parts
Includes lives of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, and Carolus Magnus by Donatus Acciaiolus; of Agesilaus by Xenophon (attributed to Plutarch); of Cicero by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (attributed to Plutarch); of Evagoras by Isocrates; of T. Pomponius Atticus by Cornelius Nepos; of Plato by Guarinus Veronensis; of Aristoteles by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (attributed to Guarinus); and of Homer, ascribed to Herodotus
languageofitemlat
referencesGoff P832; HC 13127*; Pell Ms 9562 (9387); CIBN P-491; Hillard 1666; Arnoult 1217; Neveu 491; Parguez 850; Péligry 650; Zehnacker 1914; Delisle 1503; Polain(B) 3212; IGI 7922; IBP 4501; CCIR P-112; Sajó-Soltész 2798; IDL 3749; IBE 4695; IBPort 1484; IJL2 308; Mendes 1060; Madsen 3327; Martín Abad P-157; Günt(L) 3306; Voull(B) 3671; Deckert 525; Deckert(Nachtr) 6; Ohly-Sack 2395; Borm 2190; Walsh 1588; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 1451; Bod-inc P-392; Sheppard 3284; Pr 4113; BMC V 178; BSB-Ink P-626; GW M34480
relatedresourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2008. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 82 - Printing in Venice Part IV, VE 260

holdings

AustraliaHobart UL
AustriaGöttweig, Benediktinerstift (Ink 214-215)
Klagenfurt, Archiv der Diözese Gurk, Bischöfliche Gurker Mensalbibliothek
Kremsmünster, Benediktinerstift Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (2; Ink 4.C.4, Ink 32-11)
BelgiumGent, Universiteitsbibliotheek (I)
CanadaMontreal QC, McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Toronto ON, University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (II)
CroatiaDubrovnik, Franjevački samostan Male braće
Czech RepublicPraha, Národni knihovna České republiky
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek
FinlandHelsinki, Kansalliskirjasto
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (4, 1 I only, vellum)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine
Chantilly, Musée Condé
Langres, Société Historique et Archéologique de Langres
Louviers Médiathèque
Lyon MIB (fragment)
Rodez, Médiathèque-ludothèque
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire
GermanyAschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Darmstadt, Universitäts und Landesbibliothek (Inc.V-17)
Dresden, Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek (2)
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsbibliothek (H62/INC 1752[1/2)
Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibliothek
Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek
Leipzig, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek
Mainz, Gutenberg-Museum (single leaves only, GM-Ink.693a+b)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (3, 1 imperfect, 1 fragment)
München, Universitätsbibliothek (imperfect)
Nürnberg MelanchthonGym
Ochsenfurt, Stadtarchiv, Ganzhornsche Bibliothek
Oldenburg, Landesbibliothek
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek (vellum)
Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek
Zwickau, Ratsschulbibliothek
HungaryBudapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár
Ireland (Fag. GG 2, 1 Vol. 1; Fag. GG 2,2 Vol. 2) (vellum)
(TT.bb.1 Vol.1; TT.bb.2 Vol.2)
ItalyAlessandria, Biblioteca Civica (II)
Bassano del Grappa, Museo Biblioteca Archivio (II)
Bergamo, Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria (2, 1 imperfect)
Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana
Chiari, Biblioteca Morcelliana (2: CS.II.2, CS.II.3)
Cosenza, Biblioteca Civica
Crema Sem (I)
Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Inc. 1. 7/1-2 imperfect, wanting f. a1)
Firenze, Biblioteca Marucelliana
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Magl. C.-.11 imperfect, wanting f. a1)
Firenze, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Fondazione Ridolfi
Genova, Biblioteca Civica Berio
Genova, Biblioteca Durazzo *BP
Lucca, Biblioteca Capitolare Feliniana
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (2)
Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana (I)
Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria (2)
Napoli C
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (4)
Napoli, Biblioteca Universitaria
Padova, Pontificia Biblioteca Antoniana (imperfect, wanting f. a5-6)
Padova, Biblioteca Capitolare nella Curia Vescovile di Padova
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina (2)
Perugia, Biblioteca Augusta (I)
Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi
Ravenna, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense (2)
Reggio Calabria C
Rimini, Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica (Inc. 301)
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (Vol. Inc. 488)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (50.G.2-3)
Roma, Fondazione Primoli
Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele II (2: 70.2.G.5-6, 70.1.G.9 imperfect)
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria
Torino Superga (now Roma Marianum)
Trento, Fondazione Biblioteca San Bernardino
Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis
Udine, Biblioteca del Seminario
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (3)
Verona, Biblioteca Civica
Vicenza, Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana (II)
Vicenza Sem
Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacci (Biblioteca Comunale)
JapanTenri Central Library
Tokyo, Keio University Library
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, University Library, Allard Pierson
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (005 A 006; 129 B 013) (2)
Kampen GA
New ZealandWellington, National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library
PolandPoznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Poznaniu
Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa
Wrocław, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka
PortugalLisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (imperfect)
RomaniaAlba Iulia, Biblioteca Naţională a României, Biblioteca Batthyaneum
SpainBarcelona, Archivo de la Corona de Aragón
Barcelona, CRAI Biblioteca de Fons Antic (imperfect)
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España (3, 1 imperfect, wanting Part I leaves 2-8 and part of the 9th and the 10th, and the last leaf of Part II, 1 imperfect, Part I only, 1 imperfect, Part II only)
Salamanca, Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad
SwitzerlandBasel, Universitätsbibliothek
Bern, Universitätsbibliothek
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek
St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (imperfect)


(Hunterian)
(1 copy and 1 single leaf fragment)

(3388)

(2)



(fragment)
London, British Library (C.1.d.3,4 = IC.19711)
London, British Library (IC.19710) (Imperfect copy of vol.II, wanting G5-10, H-L, sheets G3-5 and the last leaf)
United States of America
(II, -)






(2)


(2, 1 II only, vell [vol I at BN Paris])

(2)

(II only, sold October 2015)
(2)
Los Angeles CA, University of California
Chicago IL, University of Chicago Libraries, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Boulder CO, University of Colorado, Norlin Library
Lawrence KS, University of Kansas, Spencer Library
Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan, University Library
Columbia MO, University of Missouri, Ellis Library
Eugene OR, University of Oregon, Knight Library
Austin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (2)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
New York NY, Mrs. Alexander P. Rosenberg (Sold, Christie’s New York, 23 April 2021 (lot 150))
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (5: Inc.S.13, Stamp.Ross.1486, Stamp.Chig.S.148, Prop.Fide.II.221-222, Inc.S.162)
Number of holding institutions153
Last Edit2024-09-02 16:55:35