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Total number of records: 218

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Books and printed items187
Archives31

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Brotherton Collection218
Incunabula187

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canon law6
sermons, latin5
apologetics4
christian saints3
world history3
astronomy2
christian ethics2
chronology, historical2
church history2
encyclopedias and dictionaries2

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Florence (Italy)3
Asia1
Great Britain1
Rome1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)186
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton113
Baron Brotherton112
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton112
Lord Brotherton112
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton112
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)16
Koberger, Anton13
Husner, Georg (1505)9
Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854)8

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Commentarii in Vergilii opera
Archive Piece

Commentarii in Vergilii opera

1471/2

Place of publication: Florence, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully aligned; margins marked out in red ink.

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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia
Archive Piece

Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia

1473

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Gothic Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia (?)
Archive Piece

Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia (?)

1472

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Scriptores rei rusticae
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Scriptores rei rusticae

1473

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Commentarii in Vergilii opera
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Commentarii in Vergilii opera

1471/2

Place of publication: Florence, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None, although space has been left. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully aligned; margins marked out in red ink.

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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia
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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia

1473

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Gothic Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Joh. von Cube, Gart. der Gesundheit
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Joh. von Cube, Gart. der Gesundheit

1485

Place of publication: Mainz, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: None Layout: Text fully aligned with red ink flourishes throughout. Text only occupies the first half of t...

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Johannes von Cube, Gart der Gesundheit
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Johannes von Cube, Gart der Gesundheit

1485

Place of publication: Mainz, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: One hand-drawn capital 'C', in red ink. Illustrations: One large woodcut; coloured. The image is of a carrot plant (leaves and s...

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UNKNOWN
Archive Piece

UNKNOWN

1480

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Gothic Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text in two columns. Each new sections begins with enlarged type. Title at head of...

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Decretum de Tortis

Gratian; Bartolomeo da Brescia (1258); Torti, Battista (1481-1536); Cypressus, Georgius Petrus; Risenfels, Ferdinand Heinrich Freiherr (1688-1754); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Mcccclxxxxix. die xx.Aprilis. [20 April 1499]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-Q⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on N7v reads: Venetijs per Baptistam de Tortis.Mcccclxxxxix. die xx.Aprilis. Text surrounded by the co...

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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia (?)
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Robertus Caracciolus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia (?)

1472

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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UNKNOWN
Archive Piece

UNKNOWN

1478(9)

Place of publication: Venice, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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