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Additional authors

1. Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
2. Scholderer, Victor, 1880-1971.
3. Painter, George D. (George Duncan), 1914-2005.
4. Sheppard, L. A. (Leslie Alfred), 1890-
5. Hellinga, Lotte.
6. Needham, Paul, 1943-
7. Rhodes, Dennis E.
8. Offenberg, A. K.
9. British Library. Department of Printed Books.

Description

1. 13 v. : ill., facsims., maps; 39 cm.

Alternative title

1. British Museum catalogue of XVth century books
2. Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century
3. BMC 15th cent.
4. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library.
5. BMC part XI. England.
6. BMC part XIII. Hebraica.

Subject

1. Block books > Bibliography > Catalogs
2. British Library > Department of Printed Books > Catalogs
3. British Library > Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections > Catalogs
4. Printing > History > Origin and antecedents
5. Incunabula > Bibliography > Catalogs
6. Printing, Hebrew > History
7. Hebrew imprints > Catalogs

Contents

1. pt. 1. Xylographica and books printed with types at Mainz, Strassburg, Bamberg and Cologne. 1908 -- pt. 2. Germany: Eltvil-Trier. 1912 -- pt. 3. Germany: Leipzig-Pforzheim; German-speaking Switzerland and Austria-Hungary. 1913 -- pt. 4. Italy: Subiaco and Rome. 1916 -- pt. 5. Venice. 1924 -- pt. 6. Italy: Foligno, Ferrara, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Perugia and Treviso. 1930 -- pt. 7. Italy: Genoa-Unassigned; Addenda. 1935 -- pt. 8. France, French-speaking Switzerland. 1949 -- pt. 9. Fascicule 1, Holland; fascicule 2, Belgium. 1962 -- pt. 10. Spain; Portugal. 1971 -- pt. 11. England. 2007 -- pt. 12. Italy, supplement. 1985 -- pt. 13. Hebraica. 2004 -- Facsimiles [to pts. 1-3] illustrating types used in Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and Austria-Hungary. [1908-]1913 [reprint ed., 1963] -- Facsimiles [to pts. 4-7]. 1916[-1935] [reprint ed., 1963]

Call number

1. *KAE+ 73-17

Note

1. Pts. 11-13 published under title: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library.
2. Pts. 11 and 13 also called "BMC part XI" and "BMC part XIII" respectively.
3. Pts. 11-12 issued by the Department of Printed Books of the British Library; pt. 13 by the Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections of the British Library.
4. Parts 1-4 edited by A.W. Pollard; pts. 5-8 by Victor Scholderer; pt. 9 by G.D. Painter; pt. 10 by L.A. Shepherd and Painter; pt. 11 by Painter and Lotte Hellinga, with contributions from Paul Needham and others; pt. 12 by D.E. Rhodes; pt. 13 by A.K. Offenberg.
5. Imprint varies. Pts. 8-10 published by the Trustees of the British Museum; pt. 12 published by the Trustees of the British Library. Pts. 11, 13 published: 't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands : Hes & De Graaf.
6. Pts. 1-3 and 4-7 paged consecutively.
7. Facsimiles issued with each part. In parts 1-10, the facsims. have special title pages and separate paging for accompanying letterpress. Facsims. for pts. 1-3 and 4-7 are paged and numbered consecutively.
8. In the "Lithographic reprint" ed. of pts. 1-8 (1963), the facsims. for pts. 1-3 and 4-7 are separately bound in 2 v.
9. With introductions on the history of the presses, indexes, concordances of Proctor numbers, etc.
10. "Index to parts I-III": pt. 3, p. 819-864. "Index to parts IV-VII": pt. 7, p. 1153-1213. "Part IV. Italy: Subiaco and Rome. Index. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1916" (16 p.) inserted in pt. 4.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Provenance (note)

1. Bequest of Wilberforce Eames, 1937.

Author

1. British Museum. Department of Printed Books.

Title

1. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum.

Imprint

1. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : sold at the British Museum, 1908-2007.

Local note

1. Copy in *KAE+: Pts. 1-8 and 2 v. of facsims. are "Lithographic reprint" (London : Trustees of the British Museum,1963). Reprint of the original ed., reproduced from "the Museum's working copy, which contains numerous manuscript additions and corrections ... the majority being by Dr. Victor Scholderer. The annotations do not record later acquisitions."

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Provenance

1. Bequest of Wilberforce Eames, 1937. JFN 99-39, pts. 1-6

Added author

1. Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
2. Scholderer, Victor, 1880-1971.
3. Painter, George D. (George Duncan), 1914-2005.
4. Sheppard, L. A. (Leslie Alfred), 1890-
5. Hellinga, Lotte.
6. Needham, Paul, 1943-
7. Rhodes, Dennis E.
8. Offenberg, A. K.
9. British Library. Department of Printed Books.

Spine title

1. British Museum catalogue of XVth century books

Added title

1. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library.
2. BMC part XI. England.
3. BMC part XIII. Hebraica.

LCCN

1. 09022616

ISBN

1. 9061943795 (pt. 11)
2. 9789061943792 (pt. 11)
3. 9061942594 (pt. 13)
4. 9789061942597 (pt. 13)

Research call number

1. *KAE+ 73-17 Library has: pts. 1-8 (reprint ed.), 2 v. of facsims. (reprint ed.), 9-11
2. JFN 99-39 Library has: pts. 1-7, 10
3. **P+ 06-140 Library has: pt. 13