Baptiste Mantuani Carmelite: de patientia aurei libri tres.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baptista, Mantuanus, 1448-1516
Other Authors: Bergmann, Johann, active 1494-1499 (Printer), Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
Format: Book
Language:Latin
Published: [Basel] : [Johann Bergmann], [17 Aug. 1499]
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Description
Item Description:Contains dedications written by the printer at the beginning of each book and 4 elegiac couplets by Sebastian Brant on the last leaf.
"1499. Nihil sine causa: Olpe."
Imprint from Goff. Printer's motto on title leaf.
Colophon reads: Impressum Basileae opera Ioha[n]nis Bergman de Olpe. xvi. k[a]l[endas]. septe[m]bres. Anno salutis. Mcccclxxxxix. principante diuo Maximiliano cui salus & victoria. Amen.
Signatures: a-b⁸ c-s⁴/⁸ t⁶.
Chancery quarto, 30 lines, plus headline; area of text: 164 (172) x 106 mm. With a few Greek words in text, printed lombard initials, and some initial spaces, a few with guide-letters; without catchwords.
Variants: Leaf a3r, line 2, may read: "Bononie[n]sem" or "Bononise[n]em". Last leaf, lines 13-14, may read "Se/bastinus Brant. salutem ..." or "Se/bastinus salutem ..."--GW.
The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy contains the "Bononise[n]em" and "Se/bastinus salutem" variants.
Physical Description:118 leaves ; 21 cm. (quarto)
Place of Publication:Switzerland -- Basel.