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Dialogus creaturarum. Dutch. Dyalogus creaturarum dat is twijspraeck der creaturen
Physical Description:
[252] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 27 cm (Folio) Imprint:
En[de] is volmaect ter Goude in holla[n]t : Bi mi Gheraert Leeu
pre[n]ter ter Goude, op finte ians baptissen auo[n]t in iunio int
iaer MCCCClxxxij. [23 June 1482]. Description:
Translation of Dialogus creaturarum into Dutch. Ascribed to
Nicolaus Pergamenus on the basis of Paris BN MS. lat 8512, and to
Mayno de Mayneriis (Magninus Mediolanensis) on the basis of a MS.
at Cremona C, supported by local references in the text. Chancery
folio, with paper measuring 26.1 x 18.6 cm. Text in one column.
Woodcut border on leaf b1r. Printer's device above colophon.
Signatures: a⁶ b-q⁸. Imperfect: leaf b1 trimmed, with some loss
of the woodcut border. Occasional leaves have rubrication and
illustrations traced in red. Binding: brown morocco. Notes:
Title from caption on leaf b1r. Imprint from colophon. Goff, N-158
Copinger, 1957 ISTC, id00159600 GW, M22279 Proctor, 8927.5 Mead,
H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 4901 Subjects:
Fables -- Early works to 1800. ; Exempla -- Early works to
1800. Form/Genre:
Printers' devices (Publishing) -- Netherlands -- 15th century.
(rbpub) Provenance:
Autograph[?] on leaf a1r trimmed and illegible. Title written in
ms. on leaf a1r. Index numbered in ms. on pages [4]-[12]. Purchased
from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
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