Incunabula in Special Collections

Title

Date

1454-1499

Extent

28 holdings.

Description

The Department of Rare Books and Special collections maintains a small collection of incunabula (European books printed before 1501) and early printed material.

The majority of materials listed here are codices, however the library’s single leaf from the Gutenberg Bible is also included because of the interest shown in it and of its importance for the history of printed books.

Finding aid and inventory: Incunabula in Special Collections.

Collection Inventory

The incunabula are listed in chronological order; each record includes Goff number, the number assigned in Fredrick Goff’s bibliography, Incunabula in American Libraries. Links to the British Library’s Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue (ISTC) for each volume have also been included.

Bible. O.T. Jeremiah XIII-XIV, 1-19. Latin. Vulgate [Biblia Latina]. 1 leaf [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg & Peter Schoeffer?, 1454 or 1455?]
Z241 .B58 1455
Goff B-526
ISTC ib00526000

Justinus, Marcus Junianus Historiae Philippicae. 1470. Iustini historici politissimi Epitoma in Trogi Po[m]pei historias. [Rome]: Ulrich Han, [1470?]
PA6445 .J6 1470
Goff J-614
ISTC ij00614000

Caracciolo, Roberto, 1425-1495. Sermones de adventu, etc. Ruberti d[e] Licio ex ordine Mino[rum] in theologia peritissimi … P[rae]dicationes a prima d[omi]nica de aduentu quottidie inclusiue vsq[ue] ad quarta[m] … [Venice : Johann von Köln and Johann Manthen, ca. 1474]
BX1756.C315 S46 1474
Goff C-137
ISTC ic00137000

Caracciolo, Roberto, 1425-1495. De timore iudicorum Dei. Sermones clarissimi in sacra theologia magistri Fratris Roberti Caratzuli de Litio ordinis minorum De timore iudiciorum Dei. Imp[re]sst [sic] in ciuitate Uenetia[rum] : Imprensis Iohannis de Colonia ac Iohannis Manthen de Gherretzem, Anno 1475. BX1756.C315 S46 1474
Goff C-184
ISTC ic00184000

Spiera, Ambrosius de, d. 1454. Quadragesimale de florib’ sapientie Quadragesimale de floribus sapie[n]tie peroptimu[m] editu[m] [et] compillatu[m]/per egregiu[m] sacre theologie doctore[m] magistrum Ambrosiu[m] Spiera Taruisinu[m]. Venice: Vendelin de Spira Alamanus, 1476
BV4277.S65 Q3 1476
Goff S-678
ISTC is00678000

Plutarch. Lives. Latin [Virorum illustrium uitae ex Plutarcho graeco in latinum uersae solertiq[ue] cura emendatae foeliciter expliciu[n]t]. Venice: Nicolaus Ienson Gallicum, 2 Jan. 1478 PA4373 .V6 1478
Goff P-832
ISTC ip00832000

Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1480. [Biblia Latina] Venice: Franciscus de Hailbrun, 1480
BS75 1480
Goff B-566
ISTC ib00566000

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. [Summa Contra Gentiles] Incipit tabula cap[itu]lo[rum] libri [contra] ge[n]tiles b[ea]ti Thome de Aquino. Venice : Nicolas Jenson, 1480 BX1749 .T38 1480
Goff T-193
ISTC it00193000

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. [De evangelica praeparatione. Latin] Eusebius Pamphili de euangelica praeparatione. [Treviso] : Michael manzolinus parmensis exactissima impressit diligentia Taruisii, Anno humanitatis Christi Mcccclxxx pridie Idus Ianuarias [12 Jan. 1480]
BR65.E75 D448 1480
Goff E-121
ISTC ie00121000

Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores) M. Fabii Quintiliani eloquentissimi Declamationes incipiunt. [Treviso : Pellegrino de Pasquali and Dionigi Bertocchi, 1482]
PA6649 .D5 1482
Goff Q-21
ISTC iq00021000

[Sermones Discipuli de tempore et de sanctis ; Promptuarium exemplorum Discipuli ; Promptuarium Discipuli de miraculis Beatae Mariae Virginis]. Herolt, Johann. Impressum Argentine [Strassburg] : [Printer of the 1483 Vitas patrum], [1484] BX1756.H4485 S47 1484
Goff H-111
ISTC ih00111000

Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, 15th cent. Ioãnis Sulpitii Verulani in singulos Pharssaliæ Lucani libros argumenta necnon eiusdem & Omniboni Vincentini in totum volumen cõmentarios. [Venice]: Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January 1493
PA6478 .A2 1493
Goff L-305
ISTC il00305000

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514. Liber chronicarum Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ymagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493
Z241 .S3 1493A
Goff S-307
ISTC is00307000

Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. Liber de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis [Basel: Johann Amerbach?, 1494]
Z7777 .T7 1494
Goff T-452
ISTC it00452000

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Genealogiae Joannis Boccatii. Venice: for Octavianus Scotus, 23 Feb. 1494
PQ4274 .G5 1494
Goff B-753
ISTC ib00753000

Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Epistolae. 1495 Epistole Marsilii Ficini Florentini. Venice: for Hieronymus Blondus Florentinus, 11 March 1495
B785.F43 E6 1494
Goff F-154
ISTC if00154000

Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498. Prediche di Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara [Florence?]: Lorenzo Viuuoli Lano, 1496 BX1756.S347 P7 1496
Goff S-243
ISTC is00243000

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464. Epistolae familiares Epistolae Enee Siluij [Nuremberg]: Anthon Koberger, 17 May 1496 BX1308 .A3 1496 Goff P-719 ISTC ip00720000

Filelfo, Francesco, 1398-1481. Epistolae [Basel: Johann Amerbach, ca. 1496]
PA8520.F5 E6 1496
Goff P-585
ISTC ip00597000

[Sebastiano, da Pontremoli, 15th cent.] Epistola consolatoria de Caldi, Freddi, & Tiepidi & una frottola insieme [Florence: Lorenzo Morgiani and Johann Petri, ca. 1496]
DG737.97 .P2
Goff S-352
ISTC is00352000

Torrentinus, H. (Hermannus), -1520. Textus seque[n]tiaru[m] cu[m] optimo comme[n]to [Cologne : Heinrich Quentell, 1496]
BV468 .C4 1496
Goff S-459
ISTC is00459000

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. De evangelica praeparatione. Latin. 1497. Eusebius de euangelica præparatione opus cuique fideli non solum utile veru etia iocundum & posse necessariu novissime impressum & exactissime emendatum. Venice: for Bernardinus Benalius, 31 May 1497
BT1116.E952 L3 1497
Goff E-122
ISTC ie00122000

Catholic Church. Book of hours. Selections. [Hore presentes ad usum Sarum impresse fuerunt Parisius per Philippu[m] Pigouchet]. Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, for Symon Vostre, 1498 Two leaves: text of the first leaf includes Psalms 40: 2-14 & 41: 2-8; the second leaf includes Psalms 5: 213 and 6.
BX2080 .A2 1498
Goff H-424
ISTC ih00423000

[Dubois, Pierre, fl. 1300.] Dialogus inter clerum et militem Disputatio inter clericum et militem super potestate prelatis ecclesie atque principibus terrarum comissa sub forma dialogi incipit feliciter. Paris: Guy Marchant, 20 Sept. 1498
BV629 .D52 1498
Goff D-157
ISTC id00157000

Passio Domini Jesu Christi secundum quattuor Evangelia. [Basel?: Nicolaus Kesler?, ca. 1498?]
BV4298 .P3 1498
Goff P-131
ISTC ip00131000

Tractatus contra vicia. Strasbourg: Georg Husner, 5 December 1498
BS1429 .A534 1499
Goff T-421a
ISTC it00421500

Albertus Magnus. De muliere forti Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 7 May 1499
BS1429 .A534 1499
Goff A-286
ISTC ia00286000

Relation

The Library has a number of other incunabula leaves (see Pages from the Past and Early Printed Book Leaves).

Is Referenced By

MU Digital Exhibition: Incunables in Special Collections.

Identifier

MU Catalog: Incunabula specimens.

Note: These materials are fully catalogued, and records can be accessed through the subject heading and link above.

Subject

Incunabula -- Specimens
Printing -- Specimens

Provenance

Materials were acquired by the Libraries at different times and through different methods; see individual item records.

Rights

The University of Missouri Libraries do not hold copyright on most collection materials, and therefore we do not charge usage fees or require permission to publish scanned images. The libraries encourage use of reproductions of Special Collections materials in publications, broadcasts, public displays and on web pages. However, please be aware that the user is responsible for determining copyright status and applying for permission to copyright holders.