Calendarium.

Johannes REGIOMONTANUS (Author)

Bernard Maler (Pictus) (Printer)

Erhard Ratdolt (Printer)

Peter Löslein (Printer)

Origin: Venice, XV c.
Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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I-287
Facsimile. Incunabula. Collection of Incunabula and Old Books.
84-87988-61-X
978-84-87988-61-5
Folio
20,5 x 28,7 cm.
36+6 crd.
72+6 crd.
Latin.
1476
6th November 2000.
3000+80+50+30
Parchment on wooden board.
Astronomy.
Presentation dust jacket cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile.
Numbered by notary and signed by the printer-publisher.
Specially made laid paper.
Optional: Study in Spanish: author yet to be determined. Included in Bibliofilia Antigua VII.
Coloured in yellow.

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Synopsis:

The first item produced at the Venetian printing works of the company established in 1476 by Bernard Maler (Pictor), Peter Löslein and Erhard Ratholt was this Calendarium by Johann Müller of Königsberg (Regiomontanus), which has the first title page "As such" (since the first title page appeared in Bula contra los turcos printed by Peter Schöffer in 1463). For the first time since the invention of the printing press, the title appeared on a separate page at the start of the volume together with an imprint stating the place, date and name of the printers. It was not until several years later that it became common practice to include a separate title page.

This Calendarium was printed in Latin and Italian in 1476, followed by German in 1478. The two 1476 editions were the first books in which the date appeared in Arabic numerals. Furthermore, this is the first book in Italy to have woodcut initials stamped next to the text instead of leaving the illuminator a blank space in which to paint the initial.

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AC History of art / art & design styles
ACN History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600
ACND Renaissance art
AFF Drawing & drawings
AFH Prints & printmaking
AFJ Other graphic art forms
AFT Decorative arts
DNF Literary essays
DSBD Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
HBJD European history
HBLH Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
PDX History of science
PGC Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
VXFA Astrology
VXFA1 Star signs & horoscopes
WCS Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter

1D Europe
1DFG Germany
1DSE Spain
1DSEM Madrid, Autonomous Community
1DST Italy
2ADL Latin
3H c 1000 CE to c 1500