Title from title page on leaf A1 recto.

Imprint derived from colophon (z6 recto): Opus de claris selectisq[ue] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ia[cobo]. philippo Bergomense editum explicit : maxi[m] cu[m] diligentia reuisu[m] & castigatu[m]. per . Reueren[dum] sacre theologie doctore[m] Magistru[m] Albertu[m] de place[n]tia: & fr[atr]em Augustinu[m] de Casali maiori eiusde[m] facultatis Baccalariu[m] ordinis mi[n]or[um]. Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. Opera & i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia. tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re .M.cccclxxxxvij. Religioso Inuictis[simo].q[ue] p[ri]ncipe : Diuo Hercule : Duce secundo : Ferrarie[n]sibus legiptime Imperante.

Edited by Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori.

Caption at the beginning of the prologue on leaf A2r exists in two states. In one state, the caption title is printed on three lines; in another state, the final word ("Prologus.") is printed separately in a fourth line.

Signatures: Áþ a-éı f́œ g-ṕı q-x́œ℗ʺ́ı y-źœ.

Chancery folio; a3 recto: 45 lines plus successive lines with foliation and headlines, 237 (244, 248) x 145 mm; types: 105G (text), 81G mixed with sorts from 63G (marginalia, tables); 105R (capitals only, foliations); printed marginalia, woodcut initials and printed Lombards; woodcut vignettes and woodcut borders, xylographic title page.

Woodcuts: title (fol. A1 recto), full architectural border (A1 verso, repeated a1 verso), illustration of author presenting his work to Beatrice of Aragon (A1 verso), eight vignettes representing the Life of the Virgin Mary (a1 verso), full architectural border and initial inhabited by the Virgin and Child (a2 recto), 172 vignettes, from 56 blocks, and decorated initials throughout, and printer's device (z6 recto).

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, 613

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J204

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00204000

cataloged 20200103 jm

condition reviewed 20200203 cl