Author
Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434-1520
Uniform title
Supplementum chronicarum
Title
Nouissime hystoria[rum] omniu[m] repercussiones. / nouiter a reuerendissimo patre Iacobophilippo Bergome[n]se ordinis heremitarum edite: que Supplementum supplementi cronicaru[m] nuncupantur. Incipiendo ab exordio mundi, usq[ue] in annum salutis nostre. Mcccccij..
Varying form of title
Nouissime hystoriarum omnium repercussiones
Imprint
Venetiis : impressu[m] per Albertinu[m] de Lissona Vercelle[n]sem ... , A Natiuitate Christi .M.cccc.iii. die .iiii. Maii. [1503]
Physical description
452, [10] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Note
Signatures: a-z⁸, &⁸, [con]⁸, R[um]⁸, A-Z⁸, AA-GG⁸, HH⁴, II¹⁰.
Note
Woodcut initials. Some spaces, with guide letters, left for initials
Note
Imprint from colophon on leaf 451v: "Explicit Supplementum crhonicarum diligenter et accurate reuisum atque correctu[m]. Venetiis impressu[m] per Albertinu[m] De Lissona Vercelle[m] Regna[m]. Leonardo Loredano Venetiarum Principe. A Natiuitate Christi .M.ccccc.iii. Die .iiii. Maii. Cum gratia et priuilegio.".
Note
"The chapter, 'de insulis in India,' [leaves 441 verso to 442 verso] ... relates to Columbus and his voyages. We believe this to be the earliest considerable recognition of that important discoverer by any general author."--Cf. Sabin, 25083.
Note
Also reports on the newly developed trade to Ethiopia and India.
Note
With map of the world on leaf 7r.
Note
Title page device. At foot of title page: "Cum gratia [et] priuilegio.".
Citation/references note
CLC, F536
Citation/references note
Adams, F748
Citation/references note
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, 273
Citation/references note
David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), F30
Citation/references note
SCL Catalogue (1880), p. 130
Provenance
Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with faint pressmark N36 [?].
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century quarter brown calf; boards covered with parchment. Faint title and pressmark N36 [?] in ink on fore-edge.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript note on verso of final leaf, in early 16th-century hand, recording payments.
Subject
World history Early works to 1800.
Subject
History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Chronology Early works to 1800.
Subject
Chronology, historical Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Vercellensis, Albertinus, active 1499-1508 printer.
Added entry--name
Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
B17406
UKSbSC
20240807153508.2