Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Title:
Ein schone newe Histori der hochen Lieb des kuniglichen Fursten Florio, unnd von seyner lieben Bianceffora.
Alternate Title(s):
Filocolo. German
Published / Created:
[Metz] : [Caspar Hochfeder], [1499]
Physical Description:
[4], cxxv, [1] leaves (leaf [cxxcj] blank) : illustrations ; 29 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0942
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Errors in foliation: leaves xxxvij, lxxxviij, xc, xcij-xciiij misnumbered xxxv, lxxix, lxxxix, xcj-xciij respectively.

Translation of: Il Filocolo.

Imprint based on colophon.

Proctor, 3117

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 1062

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00746000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-746

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 7190

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4470

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, page 663 (IB. 12713).

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3982

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0942: Imperfect: leaf [103] only. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Love. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Hochfeder, Kaspar, active 1490–1517, printer.