Details

Subjects:

Books and reading -- History -- 16th century.
Classical literature -- Early works to 1800.
Printing -- History -- 16th century.
Printing.
History.
Classical literature.
Books and reading.

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions)
Book catalogs.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

List of 33 works; at least 13 entries include publication information such as city of publication, printer, or date of publication; publishers include Robert Estienne of Paris and Joannes Oporinus and Robert Winter of Basel; dates range from 1530 to 1543. Most of the works are by classical authors, with several noted to be translations. The list is written in italic script on a single leaf removed from a larger volume, possibly foliated 136. 2 entries, for a book printed in 1509 by Aldo Manuzio and a book printed by Chrestien Wechel, added at the end in the hand of Spanish bibliographer Juan Páez de Castro (Kraus).

Notes:

Ms. leaf.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly part of a manuscript owned by Carlos Antonio de La Serna Santander (Kraus).
Formerly part of a manuscript owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 4135 (Kraus).
Sold by H. P. Kraus, cat. 219 (2002), no. 292, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Cited as:

LJS 431

Contributor:

Páez de Castro, Juan, active 16th century.
La Serna Santander, Carlos Antonio de, 1752-1813, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

795194369

Web link:

Unique at Penn blog post
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page