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] | ||