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Title
Rationale divinorum officiorum.
Summary
Printed by Gutenberg associates Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, with in five years of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. Six large initials (leaves [1a], [1b], [14b], [20a], [86a], [140a]) printed in red and blue, numerous initials and headlines printed in red. The color registration of the printed initials is remarkable.
Contributor Names
Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230-1296.
Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466, printer.
Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, annotator.
Golitsyn, Michel Aleksandrovitsch, 1804-1860, former owner.
La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de, 1708-1780, former owner.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
[Mainz] Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 6 Oct. 1459.
Subject Headings
-  Catholic Church--Liturgy
-  Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate--Mainz
Genre
Incunabula
Notes
-  On vellum. Printed in black, red, and blue.
-  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, D-403
-  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6471 (variations from Reichling)
-  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 9101
-  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 29
-  Thacher 1
-  LC copy: headlines, initials, initial-strokes and paragraph marks supplied in red. Galitzin copy. For binding and provenance, cf. Ricci. Cat. raisonné des premières impress. de Mayence, 65; 29.
-  LC copy: Note in Rosenbach's hand in inside front of book
-  LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Other provenance information: Duc de la Valliere; Galitzin, Prince Michel Alexadrovitch.
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Medium
[160] leaves. 41 cm. (fol.)
Call Number/Physical Location
Incun. 1459 .D8
Incun. 1459 .D8 Copy 2 Bound in 2 v., measures 42.2 cm. Made-up copy, wanting leaves [119] and [120]. Two large initials (on leaves [1a], [82a]) printed in red and black, 5 (on leaves [1b], [14b] [27b], [68a], [140a]) in red and blue. For further description and provenance, cf. Thacher. Cat. of the J.B. Thacher coll. of incunabula, no. 1.
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rosenwald.0029
Library of Congress Control Number
47043536
Online Format
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Chicago citation style:

Durand, Guillaume, Approximately, Johannes Fust, Peter Schöffer, A. S. W Rosenbach, Michel Aleksandrovitsch Golitsyn, Louis César De Labaume Leblanc De La Vallière, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Rationale Divinorum Officiorum. [Mainz Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 6 Oct, 1459] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043536/.

APA citation style:

Durand, G., Fust, J., Schöffer, P., Rosenbach, A. S. W., Golitsyn, M. A., La Vallière, L. C. D. L. L. D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1459) Rationale Divinorum Officiorum. [Mainz Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 6 Oct] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043536/.

MLA citation style:

Durand, Guillaume, Approximately, et al. Rationale Divinorum Officiorum. [Mainz Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 6 Oct, 1459] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043536/>.

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