A. Version with copper engraving-illustrations. No copy known B. Version with woodcut-illustrations.
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| Record ID | cp013358 |
| Voet reference number | 827 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Uniform title | BREVIARIUM |
| Title page transcription | [Within double typographical rules:] BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum. ‖ PARS HIEMALIS. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXIX. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO PII PONT. MAX. ‖ ET ‖ PHILIPPI REGIS CATHOLICI. |
| Collation | 16mo [100]: *-****⁸, A-Z⁸, a-z⁸, aa-ee⁸, AA-NN⁸; pages [1-64], 1-815, [816], 1-206, [207-208]. Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns, separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [2-7], [12-27], [58-60] (on one column) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Table of the Addita [3-6]: Pius episcopus…ad perpetuam rei memoriam (Rome, 9 July 1568, signed by Cae. Glorierius and H. Cumyn) [7]: Privilege (Rome, 22 November 1568, s. Cae. Glorierius; Brussels, Privy Council, 10 January 1568, and Council of Brabant, 11 January 1568, s. De Langhe) [8-27]: Calendar (parts in italic type) [28-60]: Rubricae generales [61-63]: Absolutiones et Suffragia [64]: illustration 1-815: Text (page 168: Blank) [816]: Index (italic type) 1-128: Commune Sanctorum 129-164: Officium Beatae Mariae 164-184: Officium defunctorum 184-189: Psalmi graduales 189-206: Septem psalmi poenitentiales and other prayers (all texts: parts in italic type) [207]: ANTVERPIÆ EXCVDEBAT CHRI- ‖ STOPHORVS PLANTINVS, AR- ‖ CHITYPOGRAPHVS REGIVS, ‖ ANNO M.D.LXXIX [208]: Blank |
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| Title page transcription | [Within double typographical rules:] BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum. ‖ PARS ÆSTIVALIS. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXIX. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO PII PONT. MAX. ‖ ET ‖ PHILIPPI REGIS CATHOLICI |
| Collation | 16mo [100]: *-****⁸, A-K⁸, LL-ZZ⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, aA⁴, AA-NN⁸; pages [1-64], 1-740, [741-744], 1-206, [207-208] (Errors: 116 for 216, 387 for 487, 7?7 for 737). Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns, separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [2-7], [12-27], [58-60] (on one column) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Table of the Addita [3-6]: Pius episcopus…ad perpetuam rei memoriam (Rome, 9 July 1568, signed by Cae. Glorierius and H. Cumyn) [7]: Privilege (Rome, 22 November 1568, s. Cae. Glorierius; Brussels, Privy Council, 10 January 1568, and Council of Brabant, 11 January 1568, s. De Langhe) [8-27]: Calendar (part in italic type) [28-60]: Rubricae generales [61-63]: Absolutiones et Suffragia [64]: illustration 1-740: Text (pages 157-159: Indices in italic type) [741-742]: Index (italic type) [743-744]: Blank 1-128: Commune Sanctorum 129-164: Officium Beatae Mariae 164-184: Officium defunctorum 184-189: Psalmi graduales 189-206: Septem psalmi poenitentiales and other prayers (all texts: parts in italic type) [207]: ANTVERPIÆ EXCVDEBAT CHRI- ‖ STOPHORVS PLANTINVS, AR- ‖ CHITYPOGRAPHVS REGIVS, ‖ ANNO M.D.LXXIX [208]: Blank |
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| Illustrations | Woodcuts, some with the monogram of the woodcutter, A. Nicolai (A): A. Pars Hiemalis: 1) V. on title-page, 28 × 40 (St. Petrus and St.Paulus) 2) 3 illustrations, 90 × 60, in 1st part, page [64] (A), and 2nd part, pages 218 (A) and 536 3) 1 illustration, 55 × 55, printed within double fleuron border, in 2nd part, page 661 B. Pars Aestivalis: 1) V. on title-page, 28 × 40 (St. Petrus and St. Paulus) 2) 3 illustrations, 90 × 60, in 1st part, page [64] (A), and 2nd part, pages 160 and 594 (A) 3) 2 illustrations, 55 × 55, printed within double fleuron border, in 2nd part, pages 177 and 685 |
| Copies | Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg- Th. Lt. K- in this copy, in the Pars Aestivalis, on the title, probably through a technical defect, the letters 'RS Æ' of PARS ÆSTIVALIS have not been printedBayerische Staatsbibliothek- Rar. 1749 |
| Bibliographical references | Bohatta, no. 321 (referring to the copies in Augsburg and Munich, but erroneously describing them as in 8⁰) Not in Ruelens-de Backer |
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| Note 1 | Of the edition two versions were issued: one with copper engraving-illustrations (no copy known), and one with woodcut-illustrations. |
| Note 2 | Plantin told Buyssetius on 15 June 1577 that he was preparing an in 16mo breviary in two volumes. Before starting he liked to receive the corrections promised by his correspondent (Corr., V, no. 765). More than a year later, however, he had to tell de Cayas that the edition was not yet finished, but he hoped to have it completed within a month (letter of September 1578 [Corr., VI, no. 809]: 'Breviarium in 16. majusculis typis eleganter a me inchoatum ante quindecim menses (tam lente facultatibus destitutus nunc incedunt nostra praela) quod speraveram mense Augusto absolvendum necdum absolutum reperi neque toto trimestri absolvendum erat a nostris nisi adpulissem. Nunc autem spero me infra unicum mensem me absoluturum…'. Cf. Corr., V, no. 797). At the end of the year Plantin could send a copy to the secretary of Philip II (Corr., VI, no. 817). Other 'patroni' were not forgotten (cf. letters to Buyssetius, 14 March 1579 and 28 August 1579: Corr., VI, nos. 825 and 837). |
| Note 3 | The edition seems to have been already completely sold out in June 1580 (letter to Buyssetius: Corr., VI, no. 881). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 2r (Breviarium Rom. in 16⁰, 2 voll., 1579, f[euilles] 69¾, [price for the copies with woodcut-illustrations:] stuivers 30. Idem cum figuris aeneis 16⁰ [= copies with copper engravings] stuivers 45). |
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