List of incunables by various criteria
By language
editIn the following, the languages that incunables are printed in are listed by the number of extant editions. The ISTC records only one language for each edition, thus disregarding, for example, the bilingual nature of many dictionaries.[1]
Rank | Language | Number of editions | Percentage | Earliest | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Latin | 21,193 | 70% | ~1453–54 | [2][3] |
2 | German | 3,265 | 10.8% | ~1452–53 | [2][3] |
3 | Italian | 2,414 | 8% | About 1469 | [2][3] |
4 | French | 1,733 | 5.7% | ~1465–80 | [2][3] |
5 | Dutch | 572 | 1.9% | ~1465–80 | [2][3] |
6 | Spanish | 434 | 1.4% | 1472–73 | [2][3] |
7 | English | 240 | 0.8% | ~1473–74 | [2][3] |
8 | Hebrew | 154 | 0.5% | 1469–73 | [2][3] |
9 | Catalan | 135 | 0.4% | After 3/1474 | [2][3] |
10 | Greek | 65 | 0.2% | ~1471 | [2][3] |
11 | Czech | 33 | 0.1% | ~1475–76 | [2][3] |
12 | Church Slavonic | 15 | 0.05% | 1483 | [2][3] |
13 | Portuguese | 12 | 0.04% | ~1486–93 | [2][3] |
14 | Swedish | 2 | 0.007% | Before 10/1489 | [2][3] |
15 | Sardinian | 1 | 0.003% | ~1480 | [2][3] |
15 | Frisian | 1 | 0.003% | ~1484–86 | [2][3] |
15 | Danish | 1 | 0.003% | 1495 | [2][3] |
15 | Breton | 1 | 0.003% | 1499 | [2][3] |
18 | 30,271 | 100 % |
By region
editIn the following, the regions or countries where incunables were printed are listed by the number of extant editions.
Rank | Region | Number of editions | Percentage | Earliest | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 10,540 | 34.7% | 1465 | [2][3] |
2 | Germany and Austria, German Switzerland, Alsace | 10,454 | 34.4% | ~1452–53 | [2][3] |
3 | France and French Switzerland | 5,399 | 17.8% | 1470 | [2][3] |
4 | Low Countries and Burgundy | 2,377 | 7.8% | Not after 1463 | [2][3] |
5 | Spain | 1,052 | 3.5% | 1472–73 | [2][3] |
6 | England | 412 | 1.4% | 1476 | [2][3] |
7 | Bohemia and Moravia | 64 | 0.2% | ~1475–76 | [2][3] |
8 | Portugal | 47 | 0.2% | 1487 | [2][3] |
9 | Scandinavia | 24 | 0.08% | 1482 | [2][3] |
10 | Poland | 18 | 0.06% | 1473–74 | [2][3] |
11 | Balkans | 7 | 0.02% | ~1491 | [2][3] |
12 | Hungary | 5 | 0.02% | 1473 | [2][3] |
12 | 30,399 | 100 % |
By town
editIn the following, the printing towns where incunables were printed are listed by the number of extant editions.
Rank | Town | Number of editions | Percentage | Earliest | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Venice | 3,775 | 12.2% | Before 9/1469 | [2][3] |
2 | Paris | 3,227 | 10.4% | 1470 | [2][3] |
3 | Rome | 2,083 | 6.7% | 1467 | [2][3] |
4 | Cologne | 1,626 | 5.3% | ~1465 | [2][3] |
5 | Lyon | 1,444 | 4.7% | 1473 | [2][3] |
6 | Leipzig | 1,421 | 4.6% | 1480 | [2][3] |
7 | Augsburg | 1,273 | 4.1% | 1468 | [2][3] |
8 | Strassburg | 1,236 | 4% | Not after 1460 | [2][3] |
9 | Milan | 1,135 | 3.7% | 1471 | [2][3] |
10 | Nuremberg | 1,074 | 3.5% | Not after 1469 | [2][3] |
11 | Florence | 886 | 2.9% | 1471 | [2][3] |
12 | Basel | 852 | 2.8% | ~1468 | [2][3] |
13 | Deventer | 640 | 2.1% | 1477 | [2][3] |
14 | Bologna | 579 | 1.9% | After 10/1470 | [2][3] |
15 | Antwerp | 479 | 1.5% | 1481 | [2][3] |
16 | Mainz | 444 | 1.4% | ~1452–53 | [2][3] |
17 | Ulm | 410 | 1.3% | 1473 | [2][3] |
18 | Speyer | 358 | 1.2% | 1471 | [2][3] |
19 | Pavia | 341 | 1.1% | 1473 | [2][3] |
20 | Naples | 330 | 1.1% | ~1470 | [2][3] |
21 | Lübeck | 296 | 1% | ~1474 | [2][3] |
22 | Brescia | 295 | 1% | 1473 | [2][3] |
23 | Leuven | 267 | 0.9% | 1473–74 | [2][3] |
24 | Reutlingen | 242 | 0.8% | After 10/1476 | [2][3] |
25 | Rouen | 219 | 0.7% | After 12/1482 | [2][3] |
26 | Westminster | 215 | 0.7% | 1476 | [2][3] |
27 | Padua | 187 | 0.6% | 1471 | [2][3] |
28 | London | 173 | 0.6% | 1480 | [2][3] |
29 | Salamanca | 169 | 0.5% | After 6/1480 | [2][3] |
30 | Seville | 160 | 0.5% | 1472–73 | [2][3] |
31 | Memmingen | 158 | 0.5% | ~1478–79 | [2][3] |
32 | Delft | 154 | 0.5% | 1477 | [2][3] |
33 | Zwolle | 153 | 0.5% | 1477 | [2][3] |
34 | Bamberg | 152 | 0.5% | Not after 1461 | [2][3] |
35 | Barcelona | 139 | 0.4% | ~1473 | [2][3] |
36 | Magdeburg | 135 | 0.4% | 1479 | [2][3] |
36 | Toulouse | 135 | 0.4% | ~1475 | [2][3] |
38 | Erfurt | 126 | 0.4% | ~1473–74 | [2][3] |
39 | Ferrara | 121 | 0.4% | 1471 | [2][3] |
40 | Gouda | 120 | 0.4% | 1477 | [2][3] |
40 | Vicenza | 120 | 0.4% | 1474 | [2][3] |
40 | Zaragoza | 120 | 0.4% | 1475 | [2][3] |
43 | Geneva | 113 | 0.4% | 1478 | [2][3] |
44 | Treviso | 112 | 0.4% | 1471 | [2][3] |
45 | Burgos | 109 | 0.4% | 1485 | [2][3] |
46 | Poitiers | 105 | 0.3% | 1479 | [2][3] |
47 | Vienna | 102 | 0.3% | 1482 | [2][3] |
48 | Heidelberg | 99 | 0.3% | 1482 | [2][3] |
49 | Würzburg | 94 | 0.3% | After 9/1479 | [2][3] |
50 | Valencia | 92 | 0.3% | ~1473–74 | [2][3] |
51 | Modena | 87 | 0.3% | ~1473–74 | [2][3] |
52 | Siena | 84 | 0.3% | 1484 | [2][3] |
53 | Passau | 83 | 0.3% | 1480 | [2][3] |
54 | Parma | 81 | 0.3% | 1472 | [2][3] |
55 | Hagenau | 74 | 0.2% | 1489 | [2][3] |
56 | Utrecht | 69 | 0.2% | 1473 | [2][3] |
57 | Perugia | 64 | 0.2% | Before 10/1472 | [2][3] |
58 | Turin | 63 | 0.2% | 1474 | [2][3] |
59 | Freiburg | 57 | 0.2% | Not after 1491 | [2][3] |
59 | Mantua | 57 | 0.2% | 1472 | [2][3] |
61 | Esslingen | 56 | 0.2% | Not after 1473 | [2][3] |
61 | Leiden | 56 | 0.2% | 1483 | [2][3] |
63 | Toledo | 50 | 0.2% | ~1482 | [2][3] |
64 | Bad Urach | 47 | 0.2% | 1479 | [2][3] |
65 | Ingolstadt | 44 | 0.1% | After 3/1484 | [2][3] |
65 | Verona | 44 | 0.1% | ~1471 | [2][3] |
67 | Bruges | 42 | 0.1% | Between 1473–74 and 1476 | [2][3] |
68 | Vienne | 39 | 0.1% | ~1477–78 | [2][3] |
69 | Brussels | 37 | 0.1% | 1475 | [2][3] |
70 | Munich | 35 | 0.1% | 1482 | [2][3] |
71 | Cremona | 32 | 0.1% | 1472–73 | [2][3] |
71 | Reggio Emilia | 32 | 0.1% | 1478 | [2][3] |
73 | Rostock | 30 | 0.1% | ~1475 | [2][3] |
73 | Soncino | 30 | 0.1% | 1483 | [2][3] |
75 | Pescia | 28 | 0.09% | 1486 | [2][3] |
76 | Angers | 27 | 0.09% | 1476–77 | [2][3] |
76 | Lérida | 27 | 0.09% | 1479 | [2][3] |
76 | Tübingen | 27 | 0.09% | 1498 | [2][3] |
76 | Valladolid | 27 | 0.09% | 1481 | [2][3] |
80 | Aalst | 26 | 0.08% | 1473 | [2][3] |
81 | Haarlem | 25 | 0.08% | 1483 | [2][3] |
82 | Blaubeuren | 24 | 0.08% | ~1475 | [2][3] |
82 | Huete | 24 | 0.08% | Before 3/1484 | [2][3] |
82 | Messina | 24 | 0.08% | ~1474 | [2][3] |
85 | Brünn | 23 | 0.07% | 1486 | [2][3] |
85 | Pamplona | 23 | 0.07% | 1490 | [2][3] |
85 | Pforzheim | 23 | 0.07% | ~1495–96 | [2][3] |
88 | Lisbon | 22 | 0.07% | 1489 | [2][3] |
88 | Schoonhoven | 22 | 0.07% | 1495 | [2][3] |
90 | Marienthal | 21 | 0.07% | ~1474 | [2][3] |
90 | Santa Maria de Montserrat | 21 | 0.07% | 1499 | [2][3] |
92 | Eichstätt | 20 | 0.06% | After 1/1480 | [2][3] |
92 | Prague | 20 | 0.06% | 1487 | [2][3] |
92 | Zamora | 20 | 0.06% | 1482 | [2][3] |
95 | Albi | 19 | 0.06% | Not after 1475 | [2][3] |
96 | Ghent | 18 | 0.06% | 1483 | [2][3] |
96 | Metz | 18 | 0.06% | ~1480–82 | [2][3] |
96 | Oxford | 18 | 0.06% | 1478 | [2][3] |
96 | Pisa | 18 | 0.06% | 1482 | [2][3] |
100 | Guadalajara | 17 | 0.05% | 1476 | [2][3] |
101 | Santorso | 16 | 0.05% | 1473 | [2][3] |
102 | Constance | 15 | 0.05% | ~1473? | [2][3] |
102 | Mondovì | 15 | 0.05% | After 12/1471 | [2][3] |
104 | Oudenaarde | 14 | 0.05% | 1480 | [2][3] |
104 | Pilsen | 14 | 0.05% | ~1475–76 | [2][3] |
104 | 's-Hertogenbosch | 14 | 0.05% | 1484 | [2][3] |
104 | Stockholm | 14 | 0.05% | 1483 | [2][3] |
104 | Troyes | 14 | 0.05% | 1483 | [2][3] |
109 | Trento | 13 | 0.04% | 1475 | [2][3] |
110 | Bréhan-Loudéac | 12 | 0.04% | 1484 | [2][3] |
110 | Eltville | 12 | 0.04% | 1464 | [2][3] |
110 | Regensburg | 12 | 0.04% | After 3/1485 | [2][3] |
113 | Cracow | 11 | 0.04% | 1473–74 | [2][3] |
113 | Gaeta | 11 | 0.04% | ~1484–85 | [2][3] |
113 | L'Aquila | 11 | 0.04% | 1482 | [2][3] |
113 | Merseburg | 11 | 0.04% | 1473 | [2][3] |
113 | Zurich | 11 | 0.04% | ~1479 | [2][3] |
118 | Angoulême | 10 | 0.03% | 1491 | [2][3] |
118 | Breslau | 10 | 0.03% | 1475 | [2][3] |
118 | Kirchheim | 10 | 0.03% | ~1489–90 | [2][3] |
118 | Logroño | 10 | 0.03% | After 1499 | [2][3] |
118 | Lucca | 10 | 0.03% | 1477 | [2][3] |
118 | Pinerolo | 10 | 0.03% | 1479 | [2][3] |
124 | Chambéry | 9 | 0.03% | ~1482 | [2][3] |
124 | Münster | 9 | 0.03% | 1485 | [2][3] |
124 | Segovia | 9 | 0.03% | ~1472–74 | [2][3] |
124 | Tours | 9 | 0.03% | 1493–94 | [2][3] |
128 | Grenoble | 8 | 0.03% | 1490 | [2][3] |
128 | Oppenheim | 8 | 0.03% | After 2/1497 | [2][3] |
128 | St Albans | 8 | 0.03% | ~1479 | [2][3] |
131 | Besançon | 7 | 0.02% | ~1486–88 | [2][3] |
131 | Burgdorf | 7 | 0.02% | ~1474 | [2][3] |
131 | Casale Monferrato | 7 | 0.02% | Not before 1477 | [2][3] |
131 | Kulm | 7 | 0.02% | ~1473–74 | [2][3] |
131 | Cosenza | 7 | 0.02% | 1478 | [2][3] |
131 | Hasselt | 7 | 0.02% | 1480 | [2][3] |
131 | Híjar | 7 | 0.02% | 1485 | [2][3] |
131 | Iesi | 7 | 0.02% | ~1472–75 | [2][3] |
131 | Stendal | 7 | 0.02% | 1488 | [2][3] |
131 | Tarragona | 7 | 0.02% | 1484 | [2][3] |
131 | Toscolano-Maderno | 7 | 0.02% | 1479 | [2][3] |
142 | Avignon | 6 | 0.02% | 1497 | [2][3] |
142 | Beromünster | 6 | 0.02% | 1470 | [2][3] |
142 | Chablis | 6 | 0.02% | 1478–79 | [2][3] |
142 | Colle di Val d'Elsa | 6 | 0.02% | 1478 | [2][3] |
142 | Culemborg | 6 | 0.02% | 1483 | [2][3] |
142 | Forlì | 6 | 0.02% | 1495 | [2][3] |
142 | Girona | 6 | 0.02% | 1483 | [2][3] |
142 | Hamburg | 6 | 0.02% | ~1488 | [2][3] |
142 | Lüneburg | 6 | 0.02% | 1490 | [2][3] |
142 | Murcia | 6 | 0.02% | 1484 | [2][3] |
142 | Nantes | 6 | 0.02% | 1493 | [2][3] |
153 | Caen | 5 | 0.02% | 1480 | [2][3] |
153 | Cagli | 5 | 0.02% | 1475 | [2][3] |
153 | Copenhagen | 5 | 0.02% | 1493 | [2][3] |
153 | Dijon | 5 | 0.02% | 1491 | [2][3] |
153 | Fivizzano | 5 | 0.02% | 1472 | [2][3] |
153 | Genoa | 5 | 0.02% | 1473–74 | [2][3] |
153 | Lanthénac Abbey | 5 | 0.02% | 1487–88 | [2][3] |
153 | Leiria | 5 | 0.02% | 1492 | [2][3] |
153 | Savigliano | 5 | 0.02% | Not after 10/1473 | [2][3] |
153 | Valenciennes | 5 | 0.02% | ~1481 | [2][3] |
163 | Cetinje | 4 | 0.01% | ~1494 | [2][3] |
163 | Cividale | 4 | 0.01% | 1480 | [2][3] |
163 | Constantinople | 4 | 0.01% | 1493 | [2][3] |
163 | Faro | 4 | 0.01% | 1487 | [2][3] |
163 | Freising | 4 | 0.01% | 1487 | [2][3] |
163 | Granada | 4 | 0.01% | 1496 | [2][3] |
163 | Monterrei | 4 | 0.01% | 1494 | [2][3] |
163 | Nijmegen | 4 | 0.01% | 1479 | [2][3] |
163 | Piacenza | 4 | 0.01% | 1475 | [2][3] |
163 | Provins | 4 | 0.01% | 1496 | [2][3] |
163 | Schleswig | 4 | 0.01% | 1486 | [2][3] |
163 | Torrebelvicino | 4 | 0.01% | 1478 | [2][3] |
163 | Tréguier | 4 | 0.01% | 1485 | [2][3] |
163 | Zweibrücken | 4 | 0.01% | 1492 | [2][3] |
177 | Abbeville | 3 | 0.01% | 1486 | [2][3] |
177 | Caselle Torinese | 3 | 0.01% | 1475 | [2][3] |
177 | Châlons-en-Champagne | 3 | 0.01% | After 5/1493 | [2][3] |
177 | Como | 3 | 0.01% | 1474 | [2][3] |
177 | Danzig | 3 | 0.01% | Before 6/1499 | [2][3] |
177 | Fano | 3 | 0.01% | ~1497 | [2][3] |
177 | Foligno | 3 | 0.01% | 1470 | [2][3] |
177 | Landshut | 3 | 0.01% | ~1480–90 | [2][3] |
177 | Mâcon | 3 | 0.01% | 1493–94 | [2][3] |
177 | Majorca | 3 | 0.01% | 1485 | [2][3] |
177 | Olmütz | 3 | 0.01% | 1499 | [2][3] |
177 | Perpignan | 3 | 0.01% | 1500 | [2][3] |
177 | Salins-les-Bains | 3 | 0.01% | 1483 | [2][3] |
177 | Scandiano | 3 | 0.01% | 1495 | [2][3] |
177 | Stuttgart | 3 | 0.01% | ~1486 | [2][3] |
177 | Subiaco | 3 | 0.01% | 1465 | [2][3] |
177 | Trier | 3 | 0.01% | 1481 | [2][3] |
177 | Udine | 3 | 0.01% | 1484 | [2][3] |
177 | Urbino | 3 | 0.01% | 1493 | [2][3] |
177 | Valldemossa | 3 | 0.01% | ~1485 | [2][3] |
177 | Winterberg | 3 | 0.01% | 1484 | [2][3] |
198 | Ascoli Piceno | 2 | 0.006% | 1477 | [2][3] |
198 | Bad Schussenried | 2 | 0.006% | 1478 | [2][3] |
198 | Orzinuovi | 2 | 0.006% | Before 9/1496 | [2][3] |
198 | Braga | 2 | 0.006% | 1494 | [2][3] |
198 | Buda | 2 | 0.006% | 1473 | [2][3] |
198 | Cagliari | 2 | 0.006% | 1493 | [2][3] |
198 | Chartres | 2 | 0.006% | 1482 | [2][3] |
198 | Chaves | 2 | 0.006% | 1488 | [2][3] |
198 | Cluny | 2 | 0.006% | 1492 | [2][3] |
198 | Coria | 2 | 0.006% | 1489 | [2][3] |
198 | Dole | 2 | 0.006% | 1490 | [2][3] |
198 | Lauingen | 2 | 0.006% | 1472 | [2][3] |
198 | Lausanne | 2 | 0.006% | 1493 | [2][3] |
198 | Limoges | 2 | 0.006% | 1495–96 | [2][3] |
198 | Marienburg | 2 | 0.006% | 1492 | [2][3] |
198 | Meissen | 2 | 0.006% | 1483 | [2][3] |
198 | Nonantola | 2 | 0.006% | 1480 | [2][3] |
198 | Novi Ligure | 2 | 0.006% | 1484 | [2][3] |
198 | Odense | 2 | 0.006% | 1482 | [2][3] |
198 | Orléans | 2 | 0.006% | 1490–91 | [2][3] |
198 | Périgueux | 2 | 0.006% | 1498 | [2][3] |
198 | Piove di Sacco | 2 | 0.006% | 1475 | [2][3] |
198 | Poiano (in Italian) | 2 | 0.006% | 1476 | [2][3] |
198 | Porto | 2 | 0.006% | 1497 | [2][3] |
198 | Rennes | 2 | 0.006% | 1484–85 | [2][3] |
198 | Rougemont | 2 | 0.006% | 1481 | [2][3] |
198 | Sacco | 2 | 0.006% | 1475 | [2][3] |
198 | Saluzzo | 2 | 0.006% | 1481 | [2][3] |
198 | Savona | 2 | 0.006% | 1474 | [2][3] |
198 | Schiedam | 2 | 0.006% | 1498 | [2][3] |
198 | Senj | 2 | 0.006% | 1494 | [2][3] |
198 | Sursee | 2 | 0.006% | 1500 | [2][3] |
198 | Tortosa | 2 | 0.006% | 1477 | [2][3] |
198 | Trevi | 2 | 0.006% | 1470 | [2][3] |
232 | Bergamo | 1 | 0.003% | ~1476–77? | [2][3] |
232 | Capua | 1 | 0.003% | 1489 | [2][3] |
232 | Casalmaggiore | 1 | 0.003% | Between 1485 and 1486 | [2][3] |
232 | Castano Primo | 1 | 0.003% | 1486 | [2][3] |
232 | Cesena | 1 | 0.003% | 1495 | [2][3] |
232 | Chivasso | 1 | 0.003% | 1486 | [2][3] |
232 | Dillingen | 1 | 0.003% | 1489 | [2][3] |
232 | Embrun | 1 | 0.003% | 1489–90 | [2][3] |
232 | Faenza | 1 | 0.003% | 1476 | [2][3] |
232 | Burg Rheinstein | 1 | 0.003% | 1477 | [2][3] |
232 | Freiberg | 1 | 0.003% | 1495 | [2][3] |
232 | Fürstenfeld | 1 | 0.003% | ~1480–90 | [2][3] |
232 | Goupillières | 1 | 0.003% | 1491 | [2][3] |
232 | Gripsholm | 1 | 0.003% | 1498 | [2][3] |
232 | Kosinj, Lika | 1 | 0.003% | ~1491 | [2][3] |
232 | Kuttenberg | 1 | 0.003% | 1489 | [2][3] |
232 | Langres | 1 | 0.003% | Not before 4/1491 | [2][3] |
232 | Liège | 1 | 0.003% | After 1499 | [2][3] |
232 | Maartensdijk | 1 | 0.003% | 1478 | [2][3] |
232 | Matelica | 1 | 0.003% | 1473 | [2][3] |
232 | Moûtiers | 1 | 0.003% | 1486 | [2][3] |
232 | Narbonne | 1 | 0.003% | 1491 | [2][3] |
232 | Nozzano Castello, near Lucca | 1 | 0.003% | 1491 | [2][3] |
232 | Offenburg | 1 | 0.003% | 1496 | [2][3] |
232 | Ourense | 1 | 0.003% | ~1495 | [2][3] |
232 | Palermo | 1 | 0.003% | 1478 | [2][3] |
232 | San Felice del Benaco | 1 | 0.003% | 1490 | [2][3] |
232 | Prangins | 1 | 0.003% | 1482 | [2][3] |
232 | Reggio di Calabria | 1 | 0.003% | 1475 | [2][3] |
232 | San Cesario sul Panaro | 1 | 0.003% | 1499 | [2][3] |
232 | San Germano Vercellese | 1 | 0.003% | 1484 | [2][3] |
232 | Sant Cugat del Vallès | 1 | 0.003% | 1489 | [2][3] |
232 | Santiago de Compostela | 1 | 0.003% | ~1472–75 | [2][3] |
232 | Uzès | 1 | 0.003% | 1493 | [2][3] |
232 | Vadstena | 1 | 0.003% | Before 10/1495 | [2][3] |
232 | Valence | 1 | 0.003% | 1496 | [2][3] |
232 | Vercelli | 1 | 0.003% | 1485 | [2][3] |
232 | Viterbo | 1 | 0.003% | 1478? | [2][3] |
232 | Voghera | 1 | 0.003% | 1486 | [2][3] |
232 | Zinna Abbey | 1 | 0.003% | Not after 1496 | [2][3] |
271 | 30,930 | 100 % |
By printer
editIn the following, the top twenty printers of incunables by the number of extant editions are listed. The figure also includes works which were produced together with a fellow printer or for someone else.
Rank | Printer | Number of editions | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eucharius Silber (Rome) | 489 | [2] |
2 | Heinrich Quentell (Cologne) | 476 | [2] |
3 | Stephan Plannck (Rome) | 445 | [2] |
4 | Konrad Kachelofen (Leipzig) (in German) | 408 | [2] |
5 | Martin Landsberg (Leipzig) | 403 | [2] |
6 | Richardus Pafraet (Deventer) | 354 | [2] |
7 | Antoine Caillaut (Paris) | 323 | [2] |
8 | Jacobus de Breda (Deventer) | 283 | [2] |
9 | Bartolommeo di Libri (Florence) | 275 | [2] |
10 | Peter Schöffer (Mainz) | 240 | [2] |
11 | Johann Prüss (Strassburg) | 239 | [2] |
12 | Anton Koberger (Nuremberg) | 232 | [2] |
13 | Gerard Leeu (Antwerp & Gouda) | 226 | [2] |
14 | Johann Schönsperger (Augsburg) (in German) | 222 | [2] |
15 | Anton Sorg (Augsburg) | 216 | [2] |
16 | Erhard Ratdolt (Augsburg & Venice) | 215 | [2] |
16 | Friedrich Creussner (Nuremberg) | 215 | [2] |
18 | Antonius Zarotus (Milan) | 209 | [2] |
19 | Uldericus Scinzenzeler (Milan) | 209 | [2] |
20 | Johann Grüninger (Strassburg) (in German) | 203 | [2] |
By book
editIn the following, the ten most common incunables are listed by the number of extant copies.
Rank | Title | Number of copies | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle | 786 | [4] |
2 | Aristotle, Opera (in Greek) | 319 | [4] |
3 | Bible (in Latin) | 287 | [4] |
4 | Angelus Politianus, Opera | 270 | [4] |
5 | Euclides, Elementa geometriae | 266 | [4] |
5 | Epistolae diversorum philosophorum (in Greek) | 266 | [4] |
7 | Julius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis (De nativitatibus libri VIII) | 257 | [4] |
8 | Ubertino of Casale, Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi | 252 | [4] |
9 | Boethius, Opera | 251 | [4] |
10 | Antoninus Florentinus, Summa theologica (Partes I–IV) | 242 | [4] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Needham 1998, 496
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li "Incunabula Short Title Catalogue". British Library. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko Only date: "Incunabula Short Title Catalogue". British Library. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Green 2005, table 3
Sources
edit- Green, Jonathan (2005), "Opening the Illustrated Incunable Short Title Catalog on CD-ROM: An End-User's Approach to an Essential Database", in: Digital Medievalist, Vol. 1, Table 3: Incunables with Highest Census Counts in the IISTC, retrieved 2 March 2011
- Needham, Paul (1998), "Counting Incunables: The IISTC CD-ROM", in: Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 3/4, pp. 456–529
External links
edit- British Library: Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
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