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Valturio, Roberto, 1405–1475

Elenchus & index rerum militarium quae singulis codicis huius in uoluminibus continetur ...

anno D[omi]ni M.cccc.lxxxiii. xiii.februarii [13 Feb. 1483]

  • Creator

    Valturio, Roberto, 1405–1475

  • Title(s)

    Elenchus & index rerum militarium quae singulis codicis huius in uoluminibus continetur ...

  • Additional Title(s)

    De re militari

  • Published/Created

    Veronae iimpressum : [Bonino Bonini], anno D[omi]ni M.cccc.lxxxiii. xiii.februarii [13 Feb. 1483]

  • Physical Description

    254 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (folio)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Leaf Collection no. 0348
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Title is caption title of index on leaf ii.
    Place and year of printing from colophon; printer identified in poem above colophon.
    Edited by Paolo Ramusio.
    Dedicatory preface by Paolo Ramusio addressed to Pandolpho Malatesta on verso of leaf v and recto of leaf vi is dated Oct. 15, 1482 in Verona.
    Signatures: pi⁶ a¹⁰ b-z⁸ & ¹⁰ [con]¹⁰ A-D⁸ E¹⁰
    First leaf of preliminary gathering pi⁶ (pi1) is blank; second and third leaves are numbered ii, and iii; leaves [iv]-[vi] are unnumbered.
    Last leaf (E₁₀) is blank.
    Woodcuts: text illustrated with 96 woodcuts of weapons, military machines and fortifications.
    Text printed in large roman type; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters.
    Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, *15848
    Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume VII, page 952 (IB. 30746)
    Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V89
    Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 7482
    Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 6921
    Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00089000
    Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M49414
    BAC Leaf Collection no. 0348: Imperfect: 11 leaves only, all bearing large woodcut illustrations (uncolored). Includes one leaf from liber II, one leaf from liber VII, one leaf from liber IX, six leaves from liber X, and two leaves from liber XI. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
  • Subject Terms

    Incunabula in Yale Library. |
    Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. |
    Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.

  • Form/Genre

    Fragments (object portions) | Incunabula. | Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Bonini, Bonino, approximately 1450–1528 | Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo, 1417–1468 | Ramusio, Paolo, 1443?-1506

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