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chess1
christian life1
incunabula1
lord's prayer1
philologists1
philosophers, ancient1
philosophy, ancient1
rhetoric, ancient1
theology, doctrinal1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)16
Baron Brotherton9
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton9
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton9
Lord Brotherton9
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton9
Berio, Francesco Maria4
Berio, Francesco Maria Marchese DI Salza (1765-1820)4
Berio, Giovanni Domenico4
Berio, Giovanni Domenico Marchese DI Salza (1791)4

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Polycronicon

Higden, Ranulf (1282-1364); Trevisa, John (1402); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Wentworth, Godrey Wentworth; Wentworth family

[between 2 July and 8 October 1482]

Signatures: a-b⁸ C⁴ 1-28⁸ chi² 29-48⁸ 49⁴ 50⁸ 52-55⁸. Imprint from ISTC. Translated by Johann de Trevisa. Continued for the years 1387 to 1460 by William Caxton. Printed with 40...

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Incunabula (Brotherton Collection)

Leeds University Library holds over 300 incunabula, that is, books printed in Europe before 1501. The incunabula contain a variety of subject matter. Classical writing, theology, philosophy and mediev...

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The game of the chesse

Jacobus de Cessolis (fl. 1288-1322); Jean de Vignay (1284-); Figgins, Vincent; Caxton, William (1422-1491)

[1855]

"The original by Caxton has no title page, or date." Reprint of the 2nd ed., 1st illus. ed., of The Game of the chesse, printed by Caxton at Westminster, ca. 1483. Woodcut illustrations traced from ...

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Boecius De consolacione philosophie
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Boecius De consolacione philosophie

Boethius (524); Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Caxton, William (1422-1491)

[about 1478]

Signatures: [A-L M⁶]. Imprint from ISTC. An English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is named on [M]5v. "Maister Geffrey Chaucer hath translated this sayd werke out of Latyn into oure usua...

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Brotherton Collection Safe TRA Westminster 1480 final leaves
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[Epitome margaritae eloquentiae]

Traversagni, Lorenzo Guglielmo (1425-1503); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Higgin, Anthony (1624)

[after 21 January 1480]

Signatures: [a⁶ b⁴ c⁶ d⁶ e⁸ f⁴]. No printed signatures, catchwords or pagination. With explicit but no colophon. The author also appears in catalogues as Guillermus Saphonensis (the ...

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Opus Alberti Magni de mirabilibus mundi... [etc.]

Albertus Magnus, Saint (1193?-1280); Gallo, Bono (1475-1479); Berio, Giovanni Domenico marchese di Salza (1791); Berio, Francesco Maria marchese di Salza (1765-1820); Dudley and Ward of Dudley, William Ward Viscount (1750-1823); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1478]

Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁶. Title from incipit. Imprint from ISTC. Indexed in: ISTC no. ia00284500.

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Brotherton Collection Incunabula OVI Venice 1493 marbled paper pastedowns and bookplates
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P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos libri cum commento

Ovid; Regio, Rafaello (1520); Scotto, Ottaviano (1498); Locatelli, Boneto (1486-1523); Niven, William (1921); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis.M.CCCC.LXXXXIII.Nonis Iuniis. [4-5 June 1493]

Signatures: [*]² A-R⁸ S⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on S5r reads: Venetiis impressum Per Bonetum Locatellu[m]: mandato & expe[n]sis nobilis uiri Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis. Anno salut...

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C. Suetonii Tranquilli De grammaticis et rhetoribus claris liber

Suetonius (69-122); San Jacopo di Ripoli (Convent : Florence, Italy); Berio, Giovanni Domenico marchese di Salza (1791); Berio, Francesco Maria marchese di Salza (1765-1820); Dudley and Ward of Dudley, William Ward Viscount (1750-1823); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M CCCCLXX VIII. [1478]

Signatures: a¹⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon in capitals on a14v reads: Nil. Amplius . Reperitur. Impressvm Florentiae Apvd Sanctvm Iacobvm de Ripoli . M CCCCLXX VIII. Title from incipit....

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C. Plinii Secundi junioris liber illustrium virorum incipit

Victor, Sextus Aurelius; Pliny the Younger; San Jacopo di Ripoli (Convent : Florence, Italy); Berio, Giovanni Domenico marchese di Salza (1791); Berio, Francesco Maria marchese di Salza (1765-1820); Dudley and Ward of Dudley, William Ward Viscount (1750-1823); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.CCCC.LXX.VIII. [1478]

Signatures: a-d⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon in capitals on d8v reads: Impressvm. Florentiae . Apvd.Sanctvm.Iacobvm.de Ripoli. M.CCCC.LXX.VIII. Authorship unknown. Sometimes attributed to...

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[Epistolae magni Turci]

Laudivio de Vezzano; Mehmet Sultan of the Turks (1432-1481); Lisa, Gerardus de (1471-1495?); Berio, Giovanni Domenico marchese di Salza (1791); Berio, Francesco Maria marchese di Salza (1765-1820); Dudley and Ward of Dudley, William Ward Viscount (1750-1823); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1475]

Signatures: [a⁸ b⁶ c⁸]. Probable imprint from ISTC. Apparently reprinted from the edition [Padua]: D.S., [about 1475] (Goff M58), with the addition of a table (BMC). Falsely attributed to ...

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