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Author

Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429

Uniform title

Works. 1494

Title

Opera.

Imprint

Strasbourg : Martin Flach (printer of Strassburg), 1494.

Physical description

4 parts in 3 v. : ill. ; fol.

Note

Title and imprint from ISTC.

Note

Consists of parts 1, 2, 3, and Inventorium. ISTC gives dates of publication for each part as follows: parts 1 and 2: 13 Dec. 1494; part 3: 11 Aug. 1494. The Inventorium is undated.

Note

A fourth vol. was published by Martin Flach the younger and Mathias Schürer in 1502.

Note

Full page woodcut illustration on verso of title pages (the same woodcut is used for each).

Note

Printed in double columns; spaces with guide letters for initials.

Note

Titles to individual parts are as follows: Prima pars operum Iohannis Gerson; Secunda pars operum Iohannis de Gerson; Tercia pars operum Iohannis Gerson doctoris Christianissimi; Inuentoriu[m] eoru[m] que in operibus Gersonis continentur.

Note

Signatures: part 1: a-b⁶ c-e⁸ f⁶ g-i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m-t⁶·⁸ v-z⁸·⁶ aa-bb⁸ cc⁶ dd-gg⁸ (gg8 blank); part 2: A⁸B-Z^8.6 aA-fF^8.6 gG-hH⁸ iI⁶ kK-nN⁸ (nN8 blank); part 3: aa-hh⁸·⁶ ii-kk⁸ ll⁶ mm-nn⁸ oo⁶ pp-qq⁸ rr⁶ ss⁸ tt⁶ vv-xx⁸ yy⁶ zz⁸Aa⁸ Bb⁶ Cc-Dd⁸ Ee⁶ Ff⁸ Gg-Hh⁶ Ii⁸ Kk⁶ Ll⁸ Mm⁶ Nn-Oo⁸ Pp⁶ Qq⁸ Rr⁶ Ss-Tt⁸ Uv⁶ Xx-Zz⁸ Xx-Zz⁸ AA-DD⁶·⁸ (DD8 blank); Inventorium: A⁸ B-E⁸·⁶ F-G⁸ (G8 blank).

Note

The Inventorium is sometimes bound at the beginning of pars 1.

Note

Part 1 has 218 leaves; Part 2 has 258 leaves; Part 3 has 360 leaves; Inventorium has 52 leaves.

Note

Colophon for Part 1 (leaf gg7v): "... Anno D[omi]nice natiuitatis. M.cccc.xciiij. Idib[us] dece[m]bris"; colophon for Part 2 (leaf nN7v): "... Anno n[ost]re salutis. M.ccccxciiij. Idibus Decembris"; colophon for Part 3 (leaf DD7v): "... Mccclxxxxiiij. iii. Idus mensis Augusti.". The name of the printer is given below the colophon of Part 3: "Noscere forte voles quis sculpserit hoc opus ere presserit has chartas quisue characteribus; Ne mirere/ licet tersum/ mendisq[ue] solutum immune & vicijs hoc opus inuenias ille quidem simus Martinus/ littoreheni urbs dedit insigem cui Argentina domu[m] ...".

Note

Leaf measurements: vols. 1-2: 290 x 203 mm; vol. 3: 306 x 213 mm.

Citation/references note

Rhodes, G825

Citation/references note

HC, *7625

Citation/references note

Goff, G189

Citation/references note

BMC, i, 152

Citation/references note

Bod-inc., G-088

Citation/references note

GW, 10717

Citation/references note

Pr, 698

Citation/references note

BSB-Ink, G-186

Citation/references note

Sheppard, 518

Citation/references note

CLC, G438

Citation/references note

ISTC, ig00189000

Citation/references note

David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), *G3, G25

Provenance

Vol 1, containing Part 1 and Inventorium: Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Provenance

(Vols. 2-3): Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

Provenance

Vol. 3 (and possibly vols. 1-2) may have been owned by Edmund Guest; traces of a former pressmark in ink (very similar to the pressmarks on Guest's other books) can be seen on the fore-edge, possibly "P10" [?]. Any possible pressmarks on the fore-edges of vols. 1-2 have been obscured by later red staining.

Binding

Vols. 1-2: 19th-century dark brown calf over paper boards; blind fillets and rolls forming two concentric rectangular frames on boards, with fillets and rolls joining them at the corners; spine with four flat raised bands, and gilt fillets; blind roll around board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; text block edges stained red; drab endleaves; "Inventor Opera Gersonis" and "1494" in gilt on spine of vol. 1, and "Opera Johannis de Gerson" and "1494" in gilt on spine of vol. 2.

Binding

Vol. 3: 19th-century tan half-sheepskin over paper boards; boards covered with marbled paper; blind tooling on boards (where the leather and paper meet); spine with six raised bands, blind rolls and stamps; and gilt rolls; buff endleaves; possible traces of former pressmark in ink on fore-edge.

Copy-specific note

Manuscript annotations in ink, mostly underlining and reading marks, and occasional marginal notes, in a late 15th-/early 16th-century hand (not Edmund Guest's hand).

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: Part 1 is wanting leaf gg8 (final blank leaf); part 2 is wanting leaf nN8 (final blank leaf); part 3 is wanting leaves aa1 (title leaf) and DD8 (final blank leaf).

Subject

Theology Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Flach, Martin, -1500 printer.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 associated name.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Prima pars operum Johannis Gerson.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Secunda pars operum Johannis de Gerson.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Tercia pars operum Johannis Gerson doctoris Christianissimi.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Inuentoriu[m] eoru[m] que in operibus Gersonis continentur.

Added entry--place

France Strasbourg.

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1001#$aGerson, Jean,$d1363-1429

24010$aWorks.$f1494

24510$aOpera.

260##$aStrasbourg :$bMartin Flach (printer of Strassburg),$c1494.

300##$a4 parts in 3 v. :$bill. ;$cfol.

500##$aTitle and imprint from ISTC.

500##$aConsists of parts 1, 2, 3, and Inventorium. ISTC gives dates of publication for each part as follows: parts 1 and 2: 13 Dec. 1494; part 3: 11 Aug. 1494. The Inventorium is undated.

500##$aA fourth vol. was published by Martin Flach the younger and Mathias Schürer in 1502.

500##$aFull page woodcut illustration on verso of title pages (the same woodcut is used for each).

500##$aPrinted in double columns; spaces with guide letters for initials.

500##$aTitles to individual parts are as follows: Prima pars operum Iohannis Gerson; Secunda pars operum Iohannis de Gerson; Tercia pars operum Iohannis Gerson doctoris Christianissimi; Inuentoriu[m] eoru[m] que in operibus Gersonis continentur.

500##$aSignatures: part 1: a-b⁶ c-e⁸ f⁶ g-i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m-t⁶·⁸ v-z⁸·⁶ aa-bb⁸ cc⁶ dd-gg⁸ (gg8 blank); part 2: A8 B-Z8.6 aA-fF8.6 gG-hH⁸ iI⁶ kK-nN⁸ (nN8 blank); part 3: aa-hh⁸·⁶ ii-kk⁸ ll⁶ mm-nn⁸ oo⁶ pp-qq⁸ rr⁶ ss⁸ tt⁶ vv-xx⁸ yy⁶ zz8 Aa⁸ Bb⁶ Cc-Dd⁸ Ee⁶ Ff⁸ Gg-Hh⁶ Ii⁸ Kk⁶ Ll⁸ Mm⁶ Nn-Oo⁸ Pp⁶ Qq⁸ Rr⁶ Ss-Tt⁸ Uv⁶ Xx-Zz⁸ Xx-Zz⁸ AA-DD⁶·⁸ (DD8 blank); Inventorium: A⁸ B-E⁸·⁶ F-G⁸ (G8 blank).

500##$aThe Inventorium is sometimes bound at the beginning of pars 1.

500##$aPart 1 has 218 leaves; Part 2 has 258 leaves; Part 3 has 360 leaves; Inventorium has 52 leaves.

500##$aColophon for Part 1 (leaf gg7v): "... Anno D[omi]nice natiuitatis. M.cccc.xciiij. Idib[us] dece[m]bris"; colophon for Part 2 (leaf nN7v): "... Anno n[ost]re salutis. M.ccccxciiij. Idibus Decembris"; colophon for Part 3 (leaf DD7v): "... Mccclxxxxiiij. iii. Idus mensis Augusti.". The name of the printer is given below the colophon of Part 3: "Noscere forte voles quis sculpserit hoc opus ere presserit has chartas quisue characteribus; Ne mirere/ licet tersum/ mendisq[ue] solutum immune & vicijs hoc opus inuenias ille quidem simus Martinus/ littoreheni urbs dedit insigem cui Argentina domu[m] ...".

500##$aLeaf measurements: vols. 1-2: 290 x 203 mm; vol. 3: 306 x 213 mm.

5104#$aRhodes,$cG825

5104#$aHC,$c*7625

5104#$aGoff,$cG189

5104#$aBMC,$ci, 152

5104#$aBod-inc.,$cG-088

5104#$aGW,$c10717

5104#$aPr,$c698

5104#$aBSB-Ink,$cG-186

5104#$aSheppard,$c518

5104#$aCLC,$cG438

5104#$aISTC,$cig00189000

5104#$aDavid G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017),$c*G3, G25

561##$aVol 1, containing Part 1 and Inventorium: Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

561##$a(Vols. 2-3): Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

561##$aVol. 3 (and possibly vols. 1-2) may have been owned by Edmund Guest; traces of a former pressmark in ink (very similar to the pressmarks on Guest's other books) can be seen on the fore-edge, possibly "P10" [?]. Any possible pressmarks on the fore-edges of vols. 1-2 have been obscured by later red staining.

563##$aVols. 1-2: 19th-century dark brown calf over paper boards; blind fillets and rolls forming two concentric rectangular frames on boards, with fillets and rolls joining them at the corners; spine with four flat raised bands, and gilt fillets; blind roll around board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; text block edges stained red; drab endleaves; "Inventor Opera Gersonis" and "1494" in gilt on spine of vol. 1, and "Opera Johannis de Gerson" and "1494" in gilt on spine of vol. 2.

563##$aVol. 3: 19th-century tan half-sheepskin over paper boards; boards covered with marbled paper; blind tooling on boards (where the leather and paper meet); spine with six raised bands, blind rolls and stamps; and gilt rolls; buff endleaves; possible traces of former pressmark in ink on fore-edge.

590##$aManuscript annotations in ink, mostly underlining and reading marks, and occasional marginal notes, in a late 15th-/early 16th-century hand (not Edmund Guest's hand).

590##$aImperfect: Part 1 is wanting leaf gg8 (final blank leaf); part 2 is wanting leaf nN8 (final blank leaf); part 3 is wanting leaves aa1 (title leaf) and DD8 (final blank leaf).

650#0$aTheology$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aFlach, Martin,$d-1500$eprinter.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eassociated name.

74002$aPrima pars operum Johannis Gerson.

74002$aSecunda pars operum Johannis de Gerson.

74002$aTercia pars operum Johannis Gerson doctoris Christianissimi.

74002$aInuentoriu[m] eoru[m] que in operibus Gersonis continentur.

752##$aFrance$dStrasbourg.