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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
FR (4, 1 I only, vellum)



Louviers Médiathèque
Lyon MIB (fragment)


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



(2)
(I)
(2)
Napoli C
(4)

(imperfect, wanting f. a5-6)

(2)
(I)

(2)
Reggio Calabria C

(Inc. 301)
(Vol. Inc. 488)
(50.G.2-3)

(2: 70.2.G.5-6, 70.1.G.9 imperfect)

(now Roma Marianum)



(3)

(II)
Vicenza Sem

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


PT (imperfect)
RO
ES
(imperfect)
(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)

CH



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))
VA (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
Austria (Ink 214-215)


(2; Ink 4.C.4, Ink 32-11)
Belgium (I)
Canada
(II)
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France (4, 1 I only, vellum)



Louviers Médiathèque
Lyon MIB (fragment)


Germany


(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)


Hungary
Ireland (Fag. GG 2, 1 Vol. 1; Fag. GG 2,2 Vol. 2) (vellum)
(TT.bb.1 Vol.1; TT.bb.2 Vol.2)
Italy (II)
(II)


(2, 1 imperfect)

(2: CS.II.2, CS.II.3)

Crema Sem (I)
(Inc. 1. 7/1-2 imperfect, wanting f. a1)

(Magl. C.-.11 imperfect, wanting f. a1)






(2)
(I)
(2)
Napoli C
(4)

(imperfect, wanting f. a5-6)

(2)
(I)

(2)
Reggio Calabria C

(Inc. 301)
(Vol. Inc. 488)
(50.G.2-3)

(2: 70.2.G.5-6, 70.1.G.9 imperfect)

(now Roma Marianum)



(3)

(II)
Vicenza Sem

Japan

The Netherlands
(005 A 006; 129 B 013) (2)
Kampen GA
New Zealand
Poland


Portugal (imperfect)
Romania
Spain
(imperfect)
(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)

Switzerland



United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (imperfect)


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

(3388)

(2)



(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)
United States of America
(II, -)






(2)


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

(2)

(II only, sold October 2015)
(2)









(2)

(Sold, Christie’s New York, 23 April 2021 (lot 150))
Vatican City (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