Shelfmark
Gh.4.08
Author
Title
Ioannis Rauisii Textoris Niuernensis Officina, nunc demum post tot editiones diligenter emendata, aucta, & in longê commodiorem ordinem redacta, per Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem. Cui hac editione accesserunt: eiusdem Rauisij Cornucopiæ libellus, quo continentur loca diuersis rebus per orbem abundantia. Item eiusdem autoris, non uulgaris eruditionis epistolæ, nunc recens accuratius castigatæ, & propè innumeris mendis abstersæ. Ac geminus Index rerum uerborumq[ue] omnium copiosissimus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ, : apud Habredes Brylingeri, [1566].
Physical description
[8] leaves, 1334 columns, [1] pages, pages 1335-1336, 1338, columns 1339-1452, pages 1453-1454, columns 1455-1576, [66] columns ; 22 cm. (4°)
Note
Page [1] before p. 1335 blank.
Note
Undated; date from Adams.
Note
Errors in column numeration.
Note
Printed in double columns.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on t.p.; initials (some historiated).
Note
Officina: col. 1-1334.
Note
Cornucopiæ: p. 1335-1336, 1338, col. 1339-1452.
Note
Epistolæ: p. 1453-1454, col. 1455-1576.
Note
Index: col. [1]-[66] at end.
Note
Signature: a-b⁴ a-z⁴ A-Z⁴ 2a-2z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ 3a-3i⁴.
Citation/references note
Lawn, Brian. Catalogus Bibliothecae Lawnianae, p. 139
Citation/references note
Adams R212
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on t.p.
Provenance
Letters 'd' 'b' 'f' on the title page.
Binding
16th century dark leather binding; frame with triple blind fillet on covers with blind oval centrepiece, initials GP at the sides; four raised bands decorated with blind fillets; gold titling on red leather on spine; discoloured yellow edges; one additional flyleaf on front and back of book; parchment support for spine.
Copy-specific note
Previously Cg.6.07.
Subject
Encyclopedias and dictionaries Early works to 1600.
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Subject
Latin letters.
Added entry--name
Lykosthenes, Konrad, 1518 - 1561 editor.
Added entry--name
Ravisius Textor, Joannes, ca. 1480 - 1524 Cornucopiae.
Added entry--name
Ravisius Textor, Joannes, ca. 1480 - 1524 Epistolae.
Added entry--name
Niclaus Brylingers Erben printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50243