Rosarium sermonum predicabilium ad faciliorem predicantium co[m]moditatem nouissime co[m]pilatum : in quo quicquid preclarum & utile in cu[n]ctis sermonariis usq[ue] in hodiernu[m] editis continetur ...
Bernardino, de' Busti, approximately 1450-1513?, author.; Cassini, Samuele.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Arrivabene, Giorgio, active 1483-1520, printer.; Illuminatus, Novariensis.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Rosarium sermonum predicabilium ad faciliorem predicantium co[m]moditatem nouissime co[m]pilatum : in quo quicquid preclarum & utile in cu[n]ctis sermonariis usq[ue] in hodiernu[m] editis continetur ...
Created/published
Impressum uero Venetiis ... : Per Georgium de Arriuabenis, ab anno Incarnationis dominice 1498, xvii. Kalen. Septembris [16 Aug]
Description
[30], 261 [i.e. 259], [1] leaves; [18], 409 [i.e.407], [1] leaves ; 22 cm (4to)
Associated name
Bernardino, de' Busti, approximately 1450-1513?, author.
Cassini, Samuele.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Arrivabene, Giorgio, active 1483-1520, printer.
Illuminatus, Novariensis.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Cassini, Samuele.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Arrivabene, Giorgio, active 1483-1520, printer.
Illuminatus, Novariensis.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
By Bernardino de' Busti.
Additions by Illuminatus Novariensis and Samuel Cassinensis.
In two pts.; each pt. has separate signatures and foliation, and special title page, register and index.
Imprint from colophon at end of 2nd pt. (leaf 3E7v); colophon of 1st pt. (leaf 2g3v) is dated 31 May 1498.
Signatures: (1-4)⁸, 3-4⁸, 5⁶, a-z⁸, [et]⁸, [con]⁸, [rum]⁸, 2a-2f⁸, 2g⁴; [cross]⁸, 2[crosses]¹⁰, A-3E⁸ (m6 signed m4, and m4 unsigned, r2 signed r3, [cross]2 signed [cross], 2L3 signed 2I3).
Several errors in numbering of leaves.
Woodcut capitals as well as capital spaces with guide letters.
Printed in 2 columns.
Leaves 2g4 and 3E8 are blank.
Catchwords at end of quires.
Additions by Illuminatus Novariensis and Samuel Cassinensis.
In two pts.; each pt. has separate signatures and foliation, and special title page, register and index.
Imprint from colophon at end of 2nd pt. (leaf 3E7v); colophon of 1st pt. (leaf 2g3v) is dated 31 May 1498.
Signatures: (1-4)⁸, 3-4⁸, 5⁶, a-z⁸, [et]⁸, [con]⁸, [rum]⁸, 2a-2f⁸, 2g⁴; [cross]⁸, 2[crosses]¹⁰, A-3E⁸ (m6 signed m4, and m4 unsigned, r2 signed r3, [cross]2 signed [cross], 2L3 signed 2I3).
Several errors in numbering of leaves.
Woodcut capitals as well as capital spaces with guide letters.
Printed in 2 columns.
Leaves 2g4 and 3E8 are blank.
Catchwords at end of quires.
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1336
BM 15th cent., V, p. 387 (IA.22572)
GW 5807
BM 15th cent., V, p. 387 (IA.22572)
GW 5807
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Venice.
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INC B1184
Folger-specific note
Folger copy lacks leaves 1 to 7 of 1st gathering; gathering O misbound reading O3, O4, O1, O2, O7, O8, O5, O6; title, lacking, has been provided by hand on a blank inserted leaf. Early manuscript notes, manicules and markings in brown ink; groups of manuscript notes on verso of last leaf; leaves in gathering O bear manuscript signatures A-H showing the order of text. Bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924. In a 16th cent. German calf binding, blind tooled with stamps (Judith, Lucretia, and Venus) dated 1552. Cf. Haebler, K. Rollen- und Plattenstempel des XVI. Jahrhunderts, II, p. 29; remains of 2 clasps; inscription on fore-edge "Rosaîus" reading from front to back cover; rebacked and repaired; in a tailored box; too fragile to microfilm.