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<dl><dd>Ascribed to Nicolaus Pergamenus on the basis of Paris BN MS. lat 8512, and to the Milanese doctor Mayno de Mayneriis on the basis of a MS. at Cremona C, supported by local references in the text (Pio Rajna, Intorno al cosiddetto Dialogus creaturarum ed al suo autore, in Giornale storico della letteratura italiana 10 (1887) pp. 75-113).--ISTC</dd>
<dd>Title from incipit on leaf [1]₇. Incipit of preface on leaf [1]₂ reads: Prefatio in libru[m] qui dicitur dyalogus creaturaru[m] moralizatus: omni materie morali iocu[n]do [et] edificatiuo modo applicabilis Incipit feliciter.</dd>
<dd>Imprint from colophon on leaf [8]₇, which reads: Presens liber Dialogus creaturarum appellatus: iocundis fabulis plenus: industria [et] exsipens Conradi de homborch incole colonien[sis]. inceptus [et] finitus est. Anno domini millesimoq[ua]dringentesimooctog​e​s​i​m​o​p​r​i​m​o me[n]sis octobris die xxiiij.</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [1-8⁸] ([1]₁ and [8]₈=blank; all leaves unsigned)</dd>
<dd>Chancery folio; printed in double columns, [2]₆ (i.e. fol. 14) recto: 41 lines, 202 x 136 mm; types: 168 (headings), 117 (first words of text on fol. 2 recto), 99 (text); initial spaces without guide letters.</dd>
<dd>Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, N153</dd>
<dd>Catalogue of books printed during the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, 249</dd>
<dd>Incunabula short title catalogue</dd>
<dd>Cataloged</dd>
<dd>condition reviewed</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.88 FOLIO halfbound in ca. 19th-/20th-century sheepskin and pulled paste. Spine ruled and stamped in gilt with red label. Bookplate of BPL James Lyman Whitney Fund. Dealer's description (Maggs) laid onto front pastedown. Both blanks ([1]₁ and [8]₈) wanting. Rubricated in red throughout. Some early marginalia. Leaf dimensions: 275 x 200 mm. Purchased Aug. 1964 from Maggs Brothers (catalog 892, no. 16).</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Nicolaus, Pergaminus, attributed name</dd>
<dd>Mayno, de' Mayneri, -1368, attributed name</dd>
<dd>Winters, Conrad, active 1475-1482, printer</dd>
<dd>Maggs Bros., former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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