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Author

Balbi, Giovanni, -1298

Title

Catholicon.

Imprint

Venice : Johannes Hamman, for Petrus Liechtenstein, 28 Feb. 1497/98?

Physical description

312 leaves ; 325 mm (fol.)

Note

Signatures: a-x⁸ y⁶ A-I L-P⁸ Q-S⁶ T⁸.

Note

Imprint from ISTC. Colophon on leaf T8r: "Iussu [et] impe[n]sis p[rae]sta[n]tis viri d[omi]ni Petri liechtestein Colonien[sis]. Arte ite[m] [et] ingenio Ioannis herzog; venetiar[um] impressoris famatissimi: vigilanti studio reuisus eme[n]datusq[ue] felicibus astris explicit[us] est: Anno christianissime natiuitatis post millesimu[m] quaterq[ue] centesimu[m] nonagesimo septimo. Pridie Kal[end]as martias. Finis."

Note

Woodcut initials.

Note

Text begins on leaf A2r: "Incipit summa que vocat[ur] Catholicon edita a fratre Ioanne de Ianua: ordinis fratrum predicatorum. Prosodia q[ue]dam pars gram[m]atice nuncupat[ur] ..."

Note

Printer's device at end of colophon on leaf T8r.

Citation/references note

CLC, B125

Citation/references note

ISTC, ib00034000

Citation/references note

GW, 3203

Citation/references note

Bod-Inc, B-019

Citation/references note

David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), B5

Provenance

Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with pressmark N32 and annotations. There is evidence of previous ownership.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Binding

Very late 15th- or early 16th-century English dark brown calf over wooden boards; rebacked 1918; blind fillets forming rectangular frame on boards, with lines intersecting some way in from the corners, and with individual blind stamps, and central diaper pattern with pineapple stamps; remains of two clasps at fore-edge; pressmark N32 and title (very faint) in ink on fore-edge; printed waste used as pastedowns (2 leaves from John Gower, Confessio amantis (Westminster: William Caxton, 1483); ISTC ig00329000), which have been removed and are now catalogued separately.

Copy-specific note

The remaining upper endleaf, leaf a1, and verso of final leaf are filled with annotations in a variety of very late 15th- or early 16th-century hands. The recto of the upper endleaf has two annotations in Latin, below which is the notation of twenty Basse Dances, which continues on the verso. Annotations in Edmund Guest's hand overwrites much of what is on the recto. Leaf A1r has a note in Latin, partially overwritten by Guest. The verso of the final leaf (T8v) has notes in at least four hands.

Copy-specific note

The Basse Dance notation on the upper endleaf is discussed and transcribed in David Wilson, The Basse Dance handbook (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2012), pages 113-122.

Copy-specific note

Leaf A1 has "Catholicon" printed on it.

Subject

Latin language Dictionaries Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Hamman, Johannes, active 1482-1509 printer.

Added entry--name

Liechtenstein, Peter, active 1497-1528 publisher.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.

Added entry--place

Italy Venice.

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0410#$alat

1001#$aBalbi, Giovanni, -1298.

24510$aCatholicon.

260##$aVenice :$bJohannes Hamman, for Petrus Liechtenstein,$c28 Feb. 1497/98?

300##$a312 leaves ;$c325 mm (fol.)

500##$aSignatures: a-x8 y6 A-I L-P8 Q-S6 T8.

500##$aImprint from ISTC. Colophon on leaf T8r: "Iussu [et] impe[n]sis p[rae]sta[n]tis viri d[omi]ni Petri liechtestein Colonien[sis]. Arte ite[m] [et] ingenio Ioannis herzog; venetiar[um] impressoris famatissimi: vigilanti studio reuisus eme[n]datusq[ue] felicibus astris explicit[us] est: Anno christianissime natiuitatis post millesimu[m] quaterq[ue] centesimu[m] nonagesimo septimo. Pridie Kal[end]as martias. Finis."

500##$aWoodcut initials.

500##$aText begins on leaf A2r: "Incipit summa que vocat[ur] Catholicon edita a fratre Ioanne de Ianua: ordinis fratrum predicatorum. Prosodia q[ue]dam pars gram[m]atice nuncupat[ur] ..."

500##$aPrinter's device at end of colophon on leaf T8r.

5104#$aCLC,$cB125

5104#$aISTC,$cib00034000

5104#$aGW,$c3203

5104#$aBod-Inc,$cB-019

5104#$aDavid G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017),$cB5

561##$aIdentified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with pressmark N32 and annotations. There is evidence of previous ownership.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

563##$aVery late 15th- or early 16th-century English dark brown calf over wooden boards; rebacked 1918; blind fillets forming rectangular frame on boards, with lines intersecting some way in from the corners, and with individual blind stamps, and central diaper pattern with pineapple stamps; remains of two clasps at fore-edge; pressmark N32 and title (very faint) in ink on fore-edge; printed waste used as pastedowns (2 leaves from John Gower, Confessio amantis (Westminster: William Caxton, 1483); ISTC ig00329000), which have been removed and are now catalogued separately.

590##$aThe remaining upper endleaf, leaf a1, and verso of final leaf are filled with annotations in a variety of very late 15th- or early 16th-century hands. The recto of the upper endleaf has two annotations in Latin, below which is the notation of twenty Basse Dances, which continues on the verso. Annotations in Edmund Guest's hand overwrites much of what is on the recto. Leaf A1r has a note in Latin, partially overwritten by Guest. The verso of the final leaf (T8v) has notes in at least four hands.

590##$aThe Basse Dance notation on the upper endleaf is discussed and transcribed in David Wilson, The Basse Dance handbook (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2012), pages 113-122.

590##$aLeaf A1 has "Catholicon" printed on it.

650#0$aLatin language$vDictionaries$eEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aHamman, Johannes, active 1482-1509,$eprinter.

7001#$aLiechtenstein, Peter, active 1497-1528,$epublisher.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eformer owner.

752##$aItaly$dVenice.