- EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA, DE EVANGELICA PRAEPARATIONE. Venice: [Nicolas Jenson], 1470
- Collections:
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- Incunabula at Princeton
- In Principio
- Italy Grouping
- Treasures of Rare Book Division
- Curatorial Note:
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- Johannes de Spira’s monopoly on printing in Venice was short-lived. After his death in 1470, others were allowed to establish presses there, and by the mid-1470s Venice was the publishing capitol of Europe. The city’s leading printer was Nicolas Jenson, former master of the French royal mint. According to 16th century records, in 1458 Charles VII had dispatched Jenson to learn Gutenberg’s craft in Mainz. By 1470 Jenson was in Venice, using a roman font of unusually high quality; it continues to influence type design today. His first publication was the exhibited 4th century refutation of pagan theology by Eusebius, “Father of Church History.” Princeton’s copy bears hand-stamped woodcut initials that Italian booksellers occasionally added to provide patterns for hand-coloring.
- Author:
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- Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
- Uniform title:
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- De evangelica praeparatione. 1470
- Provenance:
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- Armorial bookplate "Comte D. Boutourlin"; clipping of entry "296" from De Bure "Catalogue" pasted on verso of first front free endpaper; 'Editio Princeps' and several catalog citations in ink mss on verso of third front free endpaper; stamped "University Library, May 15, 1899, Princeton, N.J." on front pastedown.
- Purchased by Junius S. Morgan from Labitte, Em. Paul et Cie (Paris) on 3 March 1892 for 90 francs -- Receipt in curatorial documentary files.
- Princeton accession number 118715 on catalogue card.
- Former owner:
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- Morgan, Junius Spencer
- Buturlin, Dimitrīĭ Petrovich, graf, 1763-1829
- Creator:
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- Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
- Language:
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- Latin
- Call number:
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- EXI Oversize 2657.371.502q
- Extent:
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- [142] leaves ; 35 cm. (fol.)
- Format:
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- Book
- Type:
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- Annotations (Provenance)
- Early works to 1800
- Description:
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- Translated by George of Trebizond.
- Title from beginning of George of Trebizond's letter to Pope Nicholas V (leaf 1/1r).
- Verse colophon by Antonio Cornazzano (leaf 14/10r):Artis hic: & fidei splendet mirabile numen: / Quod fama auctores: auget honore deos. / Hoc Ienson ueneta Nicolaus in urbe uolumen / Prompsit: cui foelix gallica terra parens. / Scire placet tempus? Mauro christophorus urbi / Dux erat. aequa animo musa retecta suo est. / Quid magis artificent peteret Dux: christus: et auctor? / Tres facit aeternos ingeniosa manus. / .M.CCCC.LXX.
- Signatures: [1-6¹⁰ 7¹² 8-14¹⁰].
- Initial spaces.
- Printed on sheets of "median"-size paper.
- GW records some variant readings on leaves 1/1r and 14/10v.
- Foliated in pencil.
- Publisher:
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- [Venice] : Nicolas Jenson, 1470.
- Subject:
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- Apologetics—Early works to 1800
- Annotations (Provenance)—Italy—15th century
- Title sort:
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- [E]usebium Pamphili de euangelica praeparatione latinum ex graeco beatissime pater iussu tuo effeci.
- Alternative:
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- Evsebivm Pamphili de euangelica praeparatione latinum ex graeco beatissime pater iussu tuo effeci
- De euangelica praeparatione latinum ex graeco beatissime pater iussu tuo effeci
- References:
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- Hain, 6699*=6701.
- Proctor, 4066.
- Goff, E-118.
- GW, 9440.
- BM 15th cent., V, 167 (IB.19612).
- ISTC (CD-ROM, 1997 ed.), ie00118000.
- Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 1551-1553.
- Contributor:
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- George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486
- Cornazzano, Antonio, 1429-1484
- Printer:
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- Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
- Created:
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- 1470-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Date:
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- 1470
- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/k930c2368
- Location:
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- HSVR EXI Oversize 2657.371.502q
- Edm rights:
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- No Known Copyright
- Range label:
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- Logical
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