AND AN INTRODUCTION BY
RICHARD GARNETT

CHICAGO
THE CAXTON CLUB
MCMV

Copyright, 1905, by
The Caxton Club


CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION[ix]
I.THE COLOPHON’S REASON FOR EXISTENCE[3]
Homer. Florence: [B. Libri,] 1488[5]
Breslau Missal. Mainz: P. Schoeffer, 1483[8]
II.COLOPHONS AT MAINZ[9]
Latin Bible. Mainz: Fust and Schoeffer, 1462[10]
Balbus. Catholicon. Mainz: [J. Gutenberg,] 1460[14]
Cicero. De Officiis. Mainz: Fust and Schoeffer, 1465[18]
S. Jerome’s Epistles. Mainz: P. Schoeffer, 1470[20]
Tritheim. Chronicarum opus. Mainz: Joh. Schoeffer, 1515[27]
III.COLOPHONS AT VENICE[30]
Cicero. Epistolae ad Familiares. Venice: John of Speier, 1469[32]
Cicero. Epistolae ad Familiares. Second Edition. Venice: John of Speier, 1469[33]
Pliny. Historia Naturalis. Venice: John of Speier, 1469[35]
Dante. Divina Commedia. Venice: Wendelin of Speier, 1476[40]
Cicero. Rhetorica. Venice: N. Jenson, 1470[42]
Decor Puellarum. Venice: N. Jenson, 1461 for 1471[45]
Cicero. De Oratore. Venice: C. Valdarfer, 1470[49]
Cicero. Orationes. Venice: C. Valdarfer, 1471[50]
Caracciolus. Quadragesimale (and several other books). Venice: Bartolommeo of Cremona, 1472[52]
IV.PRINTERS’ COLOPHONS IN OTHER TOWNS[57]
Meissen Missal. Freiberg: C. Kachelofen, 1495[66]
Bononia illustrata. Bologna: Plato de Benedictis, 1494[73]
Guido de Baysio. Super Decretis. Venice: John of Cologne and Nicolas Jenson, 1481[78]
Boniface VIII. Decretals. Basel: M. Wenssler, 1477[82]
Fasciculus Temporum. Louvain: Veldener, 1476[84]
Ioh. Faber. Breuiarium super codice. Louvain: John of Westphalia, c 1475[84]
S. Cyprian. Epistulae. Rome: Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1471 (and in many other of their books)[87]
Cicero. Orationes Philippicae. Rome: Ulrich Han [1470] (and in several other of Han’s books)[88]
V.PUBLISHERS’ COLOPHONS[91]
Latin Bible. Vicenza: Leonardus Achates, 1476[94]
Laurentius Valla. Elegantiae. Rome: Arnold Pannartz, 1475[96]
Gasparo Visconti. Rithmi. Milan: Ant. Zarotus, 1493[103]
Journal Spirituel. Paris: Vérard, 1505[105]
Statius. Achilleis. Parma: Steph. Corallus, 1473[109]
Franciscus Curtius. Consilia. Milan: U. Scinzenzeler, 1496[116]
VI.COLOPHONS OF AUTHORS AND EDITORS[123]
Georgius Natta. Repetitiones. Pavia: C. de Canibus, 1492[126]
Henricus Bruno. Super Institutionibus. Louvain: Aeg. van der Heerstraten [1488?][128]
Petrus de Ancharano. Repetitio. Bologna: Jo. Jac. de Benedictis for Benedictus Hectoris, 1493[141]
Roman Missal. Venice: G. Arriuabenus and P. de Paganinis, 1484[147]
Cicero. Epistolae Familiares. Milan: Lauagna, 1472[150]
Homiliae. Basel: N. Kessler, 1498[155]
VII.REPETITIONS, THEFTS, AND ADAPTATIONS[159]
VIII.DATES IN COLOPHONS[170]
INDEXES[185]