Poliphili hypnerotomachia : vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse ostendit. atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat.
Author
- Colonna, Francesco -1527.
Other titles
- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Italian, Latin and Greek
- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili vbi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet. atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat
Published
- [Venice] : [Aldus Manutius for Leonardus Crassus] [December 1499]
Physical description
[234] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 33 cm (2°)
Notes
- Title from title page with text in capitals on leaf a1 recto.
- Preliminaries preceded by a title page with text in capitals on leaf [pi]1r, which reads in full: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, vbi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet. atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat. / Cautumest, ne quis in dominio ill. s.v. impune hunc librum queat imprimere.
- Imprints from colophon on leaf F4 recto, which reads in full: Venetiis Mense decembris .M.ID. in aedibus Aldi Manutii, accuratissime.
- Author's name concealed in acrostic formed by first letters of the chapters.
- For reset sheets and variant copies, see N. Harris in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2006, and ISTC ic00767000.
- For notes and references on the authorship, see BN cat. des incun. C-523, P. Scapecchi, in Accademie e biblioteche d'Italia 51 (1983) and 53 (1985), and E. Fumagalli in Aevum, 66.2 (1992) Scapecchi argues that Columna is the dedicatee, and that the author is Fra Eliseo da Treviso.
- Woodcuts: 39 initials and 171 illustrations, including 11 full-page, throughout.
- Woodcuts on leaves a6 verso and c1 recto signed "b.".
- Signatures: [pi]⁴ a-y⁸ z¹⁰ A-E⁸ F⁴.
Contents
- Title page, with privilege, [pi]1r; Leonardus Crassus Veronensis. [Dedication Letter to] Guido [Guidobaldo da Montefeltro], Duke of Urbino, leaf [pi]1v-[pi]2r; Johannes Baptista Scytha. "Carmen", dedicated to Leonardus Crassus, [pi]2r; "Elegia ad lectorem", [pi]2r-v; Franciscus Columna. [Note to the reader], including summary, in Italian, [pi]3r; Franciscus Columna. [Poem, addressed to] Leonardus Crassus, in Italian, [pi]3v-[pi]4r; Andreas Maro Brixianus [i.e. Andrea Marone]. [Epigram], in Latin, [pi]4v; [Epigram dedicated to Polia], in Latin, [pi]4v; title page, a1r; Franciscus Columna. [Letter from Poliphilus to Polia], in Italian, a1v; Franciscus Columna. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Books 1-2, a2r-z10r, A1r-F3r; Franciscus Columna. "Epitaphium Poliae", in Latin verse, F3v; Franciscus Columna. "Epitaph[ium] ubi Pol[ia] loquitur", in Latin verse, F3v; [Errata], F4r; colophon, F4r.
Other names
- Crasso, Leonardo [publisher]
- Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino 1472-1508 [dedicatee]
- Scytha, Johannes Baptista.
- Maro, Andreas active 15th century-16th century.
- Manuzio, Aldo 1547-1597 [printer]
- Eliseo da Treviso active 15th century [attributed name]
Related item
- Referenced by: ISTC ic00767000
- Referenced by: Goff C767 ; HC 5501*; Sander 2056; Essling 1198; Ahmanson-Murphy 35; Pell 3867; CIBN C-523; Hillard 649; Aquilon 235; Arnoult 474; Buffévent 156; Coq 164; Jammes C-12; Lefèvre 147; Parguez 352; Péligry 282; Zehnacker 711; Delisle 513; Maignien(Grenoble) 224; Polain(B) 1126; IGI 3062; Sajó-Soltész 1050; IBPort 538; CCIR C-67; IDL 1353; IBE 1702; IJL2 138; SI 1198; Coll(S) 328; Madsen 1237, 1238; Mendes 402; Martín Abad C-150; Šimáková-Vrchotka 589, 590, 591; Borm 795; Voull(B) 4508; Schmitt I 4508; Deckert 221; Döring-Fuchs [C-255]; Walsh 2685, 2686; Oates 2192, 2193; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 609; Bod-inc C-391; Sheppard 4667, 4668; Pr 5574; BMC V 561; BSB-Ink C-471; GW 7223 (+ Accurti(1936) p.117); Fac: London, 1904; London, 1963 (ed. G. Painter); Farnborough, 1969; New York, 1976; [Zaragoza]: Ediciones del Portico, 1981 (ed. P. Dronke); Milano, 1990 (edd. and comm. M. Ariani and M. Gabriele with modern translation)
- Referenced by: Neil Harris, "The blind impression in the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 2004 93-146 (with a list of paper copies at 134-135)
- Referenced by: Neil Harris, "Nine reset sheets in the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499)", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 2006 245-275
- Referenced by: Piero Scapecchi, "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili e il suo autore", Accademie e biblioteche d'ltalia, 51 (1983) 286-98
- Referenced by: Piero Scapecchi, "Giunte e considerazioni per la bibliografia sul 'Polifilo'", Accademie e biblioteche d'ltalia, 53 (1985) 68-73
- Referenced by: Paolo Veneziani, "Alla ricerca del Polifilo", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2001 123-142.
Genre
- Illustrated
- Incunabula.
Language
- Latin
Holding libraries
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| Location of copy | Shelfmark | Online location | Holdings Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cambridge Libraries: University Library: Order in Rare Books Room (Not borrowable) | Inc.3.B.3.134[1830] | ||
| University of Cambridge Libraries: University Library: Order in Rare Books Room (Not borrowable) | SSS.5.2 | ||
| Lambeth Palace Library: Lambeth Palace Library, Main Collection SR1 | [ZZ]1499.5 |