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De uita, moribus ac rebus praecipue aduersus Turcas, gestis, Georgij Castrioti, clarissimi Epirotarum principis : qui propter celeberrima facinora, Scanderbegus, hoc est, Alexander Magnus, cognominatus fuit, libri tredecim

Title
De uita, moribus ac rebus praecipue aduersus Turcas, gestis, Georgij Castrioti, clarissimi Epirotarum principis : qui propter celeberrima facinora, Scanderbegus, hoc est, Alexander Magnus, cognominatus fuit, libri tredecim / per Marinum Barletium Scodrensem conscripti, ac nunc primum in Germania castigatissime aediti.
Author
Barleti, Marin, approximately 1460-1512 or 1513.
Publication
Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Apud Cratonum Mylium, mense Octobri, anno 1537.

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Additional Authors
  • Hedio, Kaspar, 1494-1552.
  • Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1490-1556.
Description
[6], CCCLXXI, [1] p. : port.; 32 cm. (fol.)
Uniform Title
Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi
Alternative Title
  • Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi
  • De vita, moribus ac rebus praecipue adversus Turcas, gestis, Georgii Castrioti, clarissimi Epirotarum principis.
  • De Vita, Moribvs Ac Rebvs Praecipve Adversvs Tvrcas, Gestis, Georgii Castrioti, Clarissimi Epirotarum Principis.
Subject
  • Scanderbeg, 1405?-1468
  • Albania > Kings and rulers > Biography
  • Albania > History > Turkish Wars, 15th century
Genre/Form
  • Bookbinding (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.
  • Manuscript waste (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.
Note
  • Edited by Kaspar Hedio; cf. dedication, p. [3].
  • Signatures: pi⁶ A-Z⁶ a-h⁶.
  • Illustrations: 1 print : woodcut ; image 6 x 6 cm. Subject: Port. of Scanderbeg.
  • Printer's devices: 2 prints : woodcut ; full-page and image 6 x 5 cm. Small cut on t.p.; large cut on p. [CCCLXXII]. Ascribed to Heinrich Vogtherr. References: Grimm, H. Deutsche Buchdruckersignete des XVI. Jahrhunderts, p. 159-161.
  • Historiated initials.
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • Adams
  • Index Aureliensis
  • VD 16
  • Muller, J. Bib. strasbourgeoise II-III
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ger. 1537 93-477 no. 1
LCCN
45027430
OCLC
NYPG93-B76393
Author
Barleti, Marin, approximately 1460-1512 or 1513.
Title
De uita, moribus ac rebus praecipue aduersus Turcas, gestis, Georgij Castrioti, clarissimi Epirotarum principis : qui propter celeberrima facinora, Scanderbegus, hoc est, Alexander Magnus, cognominatus fuit, libri tredecim / per Marinum Barletium Scodrensem conscripti, ac nunc primum in Germania castigatissime aediti.
Imprint
Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Apud Cratonum Mylium, mense Octobri, anno 1537.
Indexed In:
Adams B-217
Index Aureliensis 113.162
VD 16 B389
Muller, J. Bib. strasbourgeoise II-III, p. 423, no. 4
Local Note
With: Pighius, Albertus. Apologia indicti a Paulo III. Ro. Pont. Concilij aduersus Lutheranae confoederationis rationes plerasque. Coloniae : Melch. Nou. [i.e. Melchior von Neuss], anno 1537, mense Octobri -- Blarru, Pierre de. Petri de Blarroriuo Parhisiani insigne Nanceidos. Impressum in celebri Lothoringie pago Diui Nicolai de Portu : Per Petru[m] Iacobi ..., anno Cristia[n]e incarnatio[n]is 1518, nonas Ianuar[ij] [5 Jan. 1519]. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Binding: Contemporary dark brown calf over wooden boards, blind stamped, using same roll stamp for double outer borders and central panel within single border. Probably Rhenish; roll is reproduced in: Rheinische Buchkunst im Wandel der Zeit / von Josef Thiele. 1925. plate 73, fig. 108/3. Remnants of 2 brass clasps on lower board, catches on upper board. Pastedowns are ms. fragments on vellum, from a mid-13th cent. Northern French ms. (probably Paris) of St. Luke glossed (portions of Luke VI, 19-21, XIV, 3-6 and XIV, 35-XV, 4) with red and blue chapter marks and blue initial. Cf. note on binding in Broxbourne Library cat., cited below.
Provenance: C.W. Dyson Perrins (excerpt from Sotheby sales cat., 1946-1947 (no. 559) mounted on front flyleaf). A[lbert] E[hrman] (bookplate; stamp) and John Ehrman (Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate); cf. Catalogue of ... books from the Broxbourne Library illustrating the spread of printing (Sotheby sales cat., Nov. 14-15, 1977, May 8-9, 1978), no. 561.
Local Subject
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864- Provenance.
Ehrman, Albert Provenance.
Ehrman, John Provenance.
Added Author
Hedio, Kaspar, 1494-1552.
Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1490-1556. Wood engraver
Added Title
De vita, moribus ac rebus praecipue adversus Turcas, gestis, Georgii Castrioti, clarissimi Epirotarum principis.
De Vita, Moribvs Ac Rebvs Praecipve Adversvs Tvrcas, Gestis, Georgii Castrioti, Clarissimi Epirotarum Principis.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ger. 1537 93-477 no. 1
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