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church history2
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Baron Brotherton17
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton17
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)17
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton17
Lord Brotherton17
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton17
Bracciolini, Poggio (1380-1459)3
Husner, Georg3
Husner, Georg (1505)3
Jacobus De Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)3

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[Historia ecclesiastica]

Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (260-340); Rufinus of Aquileia (345-410); Schall, Johann (1475-1479); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Quom datus est finis. referebat Iulius annos Mille quater centum septuaginta nouem. [not before 15 July 1479]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon in verse on leaf [171v] reads: Explicit liber ecclesiastic hystorie. Transtulit Ausonias istud Rufinus ad aures Eusebii clarum Caesariensis opus. Schallus Ioannes cel...

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[Historia Fiorentina]

Bracciolini, Poggio (1380-1459); Bracciolini, Jacopo (1441-1478); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

neli anni di Cristo M. CCCCLXXVI a octo di marzo. [8 March 1476]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-c⁸ d-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on n7r reads: Finito loctauo & ultimo libro della historia fiorentina di Messer Poggio tradocta di lingua l...

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Theophrastou Peri phytōn historia

Theophrastus; Manuzio, Aldo (1515); Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747); Annandale, James Johnstone Marquess of (1730); Ashworth, Alfred; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1497

Imprint from ISTC. For signatures see BMC. Table of contents (preliminary leaf) in Greek and Latin. Volume 1 of part 4 of Aldus' 5 part edition of the works of Aristotle (Greek) published in Ven...

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Cornelij Taciti Historiæ Augustæ

Tacitus, Cornelius; Pinzi, Filippo (1490-1530); Lanterius, Bernardinus; Puteolanus, Franciscus (1490); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni Mccccxcij die.xxij.martij. [22 March 1497]

Signatures: a-m⁸ n¹⁰ A⁸. Imprint from second colophon. First colophon on n10r reads: Cornelij Taciti historię augustę : nec no[n] de situ moribus & populis germanię libellus : ac de orator...

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[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia]

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298); Scotto, Ottaviano (1498); Locatelli, Boneto (1486-1523); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

tertio nonas nouembris.1488. [3 November 1488]

Signatures: [*]² a-t⁸ u⁴. Place and date of publication from colophon. Colophon on u4r reads: Venetijs.tertio nonas nouembris.1488. The format is quarto (recorded by Goff and others as foli...

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Historia Alexandri magni regis macedonie de prelijs

Leo Archipresbyter; Husner, Georg (1505); Chambolle-Duru (Firm); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno domini.M.cccc.lxxxvj. Finita in die sancti Calixti pape et martiris. [14 October 1486]

Signatures: a⁸ b-f⁶. Place and date of publication from colophon, printer from Goff. Colophon on f5v reads: Historia Alexandri magni finit feliciter Impressa Argentine. Anno domini.M.cccc.lxxx...

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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]
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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]

Silber, Eucharius (1480-1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[24 January 1491]

Signatures: A-G⁸ H⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Printed with 22 long lines to a full page. At the head of leaf A4r is an heraldic woodcut containing the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Pope (Ale...

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Lombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sanctoru[m] appellatur

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298); Husner, Georg (1505); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni.M.cccc.xcvj. Finite circa festu[m] ascensionis d[omi]ni. [1496]

Signatures: j⁸ 2⁶ a-y in alternate 8s and 6s z⁸ A-D in alternate 6s and 8s E⁶ F-I in alternate 6s and 8s K-M⁶ N⁸. Place and date of publication from the second colophon. First colophon...

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Ecclesiastica historia diui Eusebii: et Ecclesiastica historia gentis Anglorum venerabilis Bede : cum utraru[s]que historiaru[m] per singulos libros recollecta capitulorum annotatione

Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (260-340); Rufinus of Aquileia (345-410); Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735); Husner, Georg (1505); Vignal; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis n[ostre] Millesimoq[ui]ngentesimo xiiij.die Marcij. [14 March 1500]

Signatures: [*]⁶ a⁸ b-n⁶ o⁸ p-z⁶ A-B⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf B6r reads: Libri eccl[es]iastice historie ge[n]t[is] Anglo[rum] imp[re]ssi i[n] inclyta ciuitate Argentin...

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Romanae historiae compendium ab interitu Gordiani iunioris usque ad Iustinum.III. per Pomponium Laetum

Leto, Giulio Pomponio (1428-1497); Vitali, Bernardino dei (1494-1539); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni.M.ccccc.Die.xii.Dece[m]b[ris]. [12 December 1500]

Signatures: A-P⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on P4r reads: Impressum Venetiis per Bernardinum Venetum de Vitalibus Anno d[omi]ni.M.ccccc.Die.xii.Dece[m]b[ris]. Printed with 28 long lines to ...

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Pii. II. Pontificis Maximi. Historia rerum ubique gestarum. Cum locorum descriptione non finita Asia Minor incipit

Pius, pope (1405-1464); Johann von Köln (1471-1491); Manthen, Johann (1471-1481); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno millesimo:cccclxxvii. [1477]

Signatures: a-f¹⁰ g-h⁸ i-l¹⁰. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on l10r reads: Pii.ii. Ponti[ficis] maximi historiae rerum ubiq[ue] gestaru[m] prima pars finitur : & impressioni Venetiis dedit...

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Prohemio di Iacopo di Messer Poggio allo Illustrissimo Signor. Federico da Montefeltro Conte Durbino nella Historia Fiorentina di Messer Poggio suo padre et tradocta da lui di latino in lingua Fiorentina

Bracciolini, Poggio (1380-1459); Libri, Bartolommeo di (1482-1511); Cavaleri, Michele (1813-1875); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

nel.M.CCCC.LXXXXII.adi.III di Septembre. [3 September 1492]

Signatures: A-N⁸ O¹⁰ [*²]. Colophon on O10v reads: Finito loctauo & ultimo libro della historia fiorentina di Messer Poggio tradocta dilingua latina in lingua thoscana da Iacopo suo figluolo I...

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