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Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Anonymous
page 28 of 79 (35%)

_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: Hec est tabula omniu_m_ sermonu_m_
contentorum hoc in uolumine. _Fol. 3^a_: Sacre theologie magistri necnon
sacri eloquij preconis celeberrimi fratris Roberti de Litio ordinis
Minor_um_ professoris op_us_ quadragesimale p_er_utilissimum quod de
penitentia dictum est. Feliciter incipit. _Fol. 267^a_, COLOPHON:

Vendelinus ego gentis _co_gnomine spiere!
Roberti haec caste purgata uolumi_n_a pressi!
Sedis apostolice Romano praeside Sixto
Magnanimo _et_ uenetum Nicolao pr_in_cipe Truno
M.cccclxxij.xx.quintilis.

_Fol. 267^b, 268, blank._ _Fol. 269^a_: Sermo i_n_ festo
a_n_nu_n_tiat_i_o_n_is u_ir_ginis marie _et_ eiusdem Roberti cum tribus
(_sic_) aliis sermonib_us_ seque_n_tib_us_. s. de p_re_destinato
nume_ro_ damnator_um_ _et_ de cathenis. _Fol. 289^b_: Finis triu_m_
sermonu_m_ Fratris Roberti... _Fol. 290, blank._

Quarto. Quires [1-7^{10}, 8^{12}, 9-11^{10}, 12^8, 13-15^{10},
16^8, 17-27^{10}, 28-30^6, 31^4], 290 leaves, 1, 268, 290 blank, 40
lines to the page, gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords
or pagination. Two- to seven-line spaces with guide-letters left
for initials. Two pinholes on side. Initials and paragraph-marks
supplied in red. Blank leaf 268 wanting. Hain-Copinger 4424.
Pellechet 3244. Proctor 3524.

Wendelin of Speier succeeded in 1470 to the press established in 1469 by
his brother John, the first printer of Venice, who lived to complete
only four books. Gothic type was introduced into Italy by Wendelin.
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