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Total number of records: 49

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Books and printed items43
Archives6

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Brotherton Collection49
Incunabula43

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sermons, latin4
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block books1
canon law1
christian literature, early1
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)37
Baron Brotherton29
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton29
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton29
Lord Brotherton29
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton29
Cypressus, Georgius Petrus7
Risenfels, Ferdinand Heinrich Freiherr (1688-1754)7
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)6
Risenfels, Ferdinand Heinrich6

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Ninth German Bible
Archive Piece

Ninth German Bible

1483

Place of publication: Nuremberg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: Enlarged, rubricated 'D' in first column of text Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. Salome, having just decapitated John ...

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Ninth German Bible
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Ninth German Bible

1483

Place of publication: Nuremberg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: Enlarged rubricated initial, hand-drawn Illustrations: None Layout: Text in two columns; enlarged subtitlespreceding indiv...

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Tenth German Bible
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Tenth German Bible

1485

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The picture shows a cavalry of men and horses in the sky above a walled city. L...

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Tenth German Bible
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Tenth German Bible

1485

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: Illustrations: None Layout: Text in two columns; first line of first column is enlarged; page title 'Das ander buch'.

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Seventh German Bible
Archive Piece

Seventh German Bible

c.1479

Place of publication: Cologne, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The image illustrates Judges 6, and shows Gideon kneeling, praying to God, whilst m...

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Seventh German Bible
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Seventh German Bible

c.1479

Place of publication: Cologne, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: One, rubricated; hand-drawn. Illustrations: None Layout: Text in two colmns; title in centre of upper margin: 'Dat boeck'

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German incunabula : 110 original leaves (Pt.1)

Haebler, Konrad (1857-1946); Barbey, André

1927

In two portfolios. The text consists of a list of the plates under names of place of printing, alphabetically, an introductory note on the origin of printing followed by descriptive notes on the pla...

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German incunabula : 110 original leaves (Pt.2)

Haebler, Konrad (1857-1946); Barbey, André

1927

In two portfolios. The text consists of a list of the plates under names of place of printing, alphabetically, an introductory note on the origin of printing followed by descriptive notes on the pla...

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Woodcuts from books of the 15th century shown in original specimens : 55 leaves detached from books printed in Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, the Netherlands, and Italy

Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig (1855-1932); Barbey, André

1929

Woodcuts from books of the 15th century shown in original specimens : 55 leaves detached from books printed in Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, the Netherlands, and Italy / with an introduction by W.L. ...

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West-European incunabula : 60 original leaves from the presses of the Netherlands, France, Iberia and Great Britain

Haebler, Konrad (1857-1946); Barbey, André

1928

Issued in portfolio. The plates are mounted and inlaid in paper mats, with mounted descriptive labels. The text consists of a list of plates, arranged under country alphabetically by place of printi...

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[De consolatione philosophiae]

Boethius (524); Thomas Waleys (1287-1350?); Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno domini M.CCCC.lxiij.xxiiij.mensis July. [24 July 1473]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf 198v reads: Hic liber Boecii de [con]solatione philosophie in textu latina alemanicaq[ue] lingua refertus ac translatu[m] vna cum apparatu & expositione beati...

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