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  • Statii Sylvarum libri quinque : Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo

    Alternative Title:
    Statii opera. Aldus 1502. and Works
    Subject:
    Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
    Creator:
    Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
    Contributor:
    Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
    Language:
    gre and lat
    Date Created:
    August 1502
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
    Extent:
    592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    poetry, books, and epic poetry
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Shakespeare's Second folio, 1632

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Cotes, Thomas, -1641
    Publisher:
    London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1632
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (419 pages)
    Edition:
    Second edition and Second impression
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-02-27/2017-03-13
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measur...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camer...

  • Shakespeare's Fourth folio, 1685 [Copy 02]

    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    This copy contains a list of the principal actors in all the plays and a catalogue of all the comedies, histories, and tragedies contained within this folio.
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-28/2017-04-12
    Transcript:
    Contents: [_file page number] _007 Tempest (1) _016 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18) _024 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _034 Measure for Measure (55) _045 Comedy of Errors (76) _052 Much Ado About Nothing (90) _062 Love's Labour Lost (110) _071 ...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 28 Mar - 12 Apr. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 600 dpi TIFF. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to ...

  • Ad physiologum

    Alternative Title:
    Tou hagiou patros hēmōn Epiphaniou, Episkopou konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton physiologon; tou autou eis ta Baia logus = Sancti Patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi Constantiae Cypri, Ad Physiologvm. Eiusdem in die festo palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis, S...
    Subject:
    History, Sermons, Physiologus, Bestiaries, Sermons, Greek--Manuscripts, Sermons, Greek, Bible, Palm Sunday, and Early works
    Creator:
    Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403
    Contributor:
    Ponce de León, Gonzalo, 1530-approximately 1590
    Publisher:
    Antverpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi Regis, 1588.
    Location:
    Language:
    gre and lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1588
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BR65 E653H3 1588
    Extent:
    16 unnumbered pages, 124 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes index. Illustrations.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of Beryl Rowland estate.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Is Referenced By:
    Indexed in: Plantin press 1126
    Date Digitized:
    2001-01-22
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiff. Metadata by KD.

  • Ex Plavti Comoediss. XX.

    Alternative Title:
    Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
    Subject:
    Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
    Creator:
    Plautus, Titus Maccius
    Contributor:
    Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri and Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    July 1522
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
    Extent:
    14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books and comedy plays
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Nicolas de Lyra Incunabula

    Alternative Title:
    Nicolas de Lyra. REPERTORIUM IN POSTILLAM Incunabula and Nicolas de Lyra. REPERTORIUM IN POSTILLAM... NICOLAI DE LYRA SUPER VE[TUS] ET NO[VUM] TESTA[MENTUM.]
    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, April 19, 1494.
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    April 19, 1494
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    155 leaves ; 8.75 x 6.5 inches
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Dealer's Condition Report:Binding with several chips, lacks 2 brass corner-pieces, one clasp restored. Gutters renewed (as rebacked), final leaf with marginal chipping and with paper repair (no loss of text), title ...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    incunabula (books) and manuscripts (documents)
    Date Digitized:
    2020-11-30/2020-12-16
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on TTI/Betterlight by PD. 600 DPI TIFF; 1/15; 263;bent5 tone; camera height 900. Metadata by KD.

  • Pantheologia of Reynerus de Pisis

    Alternative Title:
    Pantheologia, sive Summa universae theologiae. Ed: Jacobus Florentinus, single leaf and Incunabulum, 1477
    Subject:
    Theology and Pantheologia (Rainerius, de Pisis)
    Creator:
    Rainerius, de Pisis, -approximately 1348
    Contributor:
    Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1477
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Inc.Lat.3
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 44 x 32 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Germany--Nuremberg
    Coordinates:
    49.45421, 11.07752
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fragments (object portions), incunabula (books), and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2010-014, Item: 1.3
    Fonds Title:
    Sandra Mattia collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC436
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sandra-mattia-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inc-lat-3.php
    Date Digitized:
    2022-08-15
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, 1685 [Copy 01]

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz. Peicles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir Jo...
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Milton, John, 1608-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, and Condell, Henry, -1627
    Publisher:
    London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden 1685.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (303 pages)
    Edition:
    The Fourth Edition
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Contemporary clippings about the Second and Fourth folios attached to the inside front cover.Handwritten note attached to inside cover: Bequeathed to Charles Baron Clarke M.A. of Queen's College Cambridge by His aff...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-14/2017-03-27
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number): _007 frontspiece and title page_008 dedication_009 To The Great Variety of Readers_012 Tempest (1)_021 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18)_029 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _039 Measure for Me...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 14 Mar - 27 Mar. 600 dpi TIFF. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to ...

  • Life and Genuine Character of the Rev. Dr. S---t written by himself

    Alternative Title:
    Verses on the death of Dr. Swift.
    Subject:
    Politics and government and Parody
    Creator:
    Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, and fold by the Bookfellers, 1733
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1733
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR1171 Z5 1733
    Extent:
    19 pages ; 34 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Great Britain
    Coordinates:
    54.75844, -2.69531
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Dedication to Pope, signed: L.M.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    From the Print Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    pamphlets and poems
    Date Digitized:
    2021-09-16
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on OptickBook Plustek A300 at 600DPI Tiff (PD). Metadata by KD.

  • The Beasts Confession to the Priest : on observing how most men mistake their own talents

    Alternative Title:
    The Beasts' Confession and The Beasts Confession to the Priest, on observing how most men mistake their own talents. Written in the Year 1732.
    Subject:
    Politics and government and Parody
    Creator:
    Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Dublin : Printed by George Faulkner, MDCCXXXVIII
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1738
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR3724 B4 1738
    Extent:
    22 pages
    Geographic Coverage:
    Great Britain
    Coordinates:
    54.75844, -2.69531
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    From the Print Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    pamphlets and poems
    Date Digitized:
    2021-09-16
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on OptickBook Plustek A300 at 600DPI Tiff (PD). Metadata by KD.