• Catholicon

Author:

• Balbi, Giovanni, d. 1298

Printer:

• Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468

Publisher:

• Mainz : [Printer of the 1460 Catholicon (Johann Gutenberg)], "1460" [3rd impression, ca. 1472-1473].

Format:

• Book

Binder:

• Payne, Roger, 1739-1797

Date:

• 1460

Extent:

• 373 leaves ; 39.3 x 27.6 cm.

Language:

• Latin

Description:

• This catalogue record is derived in large part from a record for a microfilm.
• Three issues can be distinguished with identical typesetting: a) printed on vellum or Bull's Head paper; b) on Galliziani paper; c) on Tower & Crown paper. This has given rise to the theory that issue a) was printed in 1460, issue b) in 1469 and issue c) about 1472; see P. Needham, in BSA 76 (1982) pp.395-456 and the articles "zur Catholicon-Forschung" in Wolfenbütteler Notizen zur Buchgeschichte 13 (1988) pp.105-232.

Binding note:

• WHS copy is bound by Roger Payne.

Former owner:

• Wodhull, Michael, 1740-1816

Bookseller:

• Lathrop C. Harper, Inc

Call number:

• 53.7

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9946052653506421

Subject:

• Latin language—Dictionaries—Early works to 1500
• Latin language—Grammar—Early works to 1500

Collections:

• Incunabula at Princeton
• In Principio
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• Catholicon Press grouping
• The Scheide Library
• Treasures of Rare Book Division