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Candidus de genitura hominis incipit feliciter

by Pier Candido Decembrio

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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[8] leaves ; 20 cm (4to) Title from incipit on a1 recto Date from Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke; imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue; editor's name from colophon (a8 verso): Angelus Typhernas colendo patri D. Petro de Nigionibus nobili Ianuensi ac. S. Gregorij dignissimo abbati salutem. Co[m]mentariorum quorundam Germanici impressores opera fastiditi iocundum opusculum percenctati sunt ... nostra vero diligentia & illorum industria impressum .. Signatures: a⁸. Chancery quarto; a2 recto: 33 lines, 144 x 90 mm; type: 88G; printed Lombard on a1 verso COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.16 with leaf dimensions: 187 x 123 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.16 with BPL bookplate (shelf no. 7777.86). Presentation inscription on a1 recto: "Dr. S. Romeyn Beck from O. Rich, London, Oct. 18, 1831. Early/contemporary marginalia. Modern bibliographical inscription, in pencil, on a8 verso. Purchased in July, 1858. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.16 bound in tan buckram. Black spine label stamped in gilt. All text block edges marbled.

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  • Astrology

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1487-01-01T00:00:00Z[Rome : Stephan Plannck]Latin—Public digitized item

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1495-01-01T00:00:00Z[Rome : Johann Besicken]Latin—Public digitized item

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1495[Rome] : [Stephan Plannck]; [Stephan Plannck]Latin—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary; usnationallibraryofmedicine
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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