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Summary

Drew's twenty-five incunabula (books printed from movable type before 1501) were printed in 13 cities in 5 countries, in terms of present-day boundaries: Belgium (Antwerp – 1); France (Paris – 1, Strasbourg – 4); Germany (Cologne – 3, Frieburg – 1, Nuremberg – 6); Italy (Florence – 1, Mantua – 1, Milan – 1, Naples – 1, Rome – 1, Venice – 3); and Switzerland (Basel – 1). Particularly notable is the Nuremberg Chronicle (Koberger, 1493), with every woodcut colored.

The following list may be sorted by author, title, place of printing, printer, date of printing and Goff number. For full descriptions and information concerning condition, bindings and provenance, please consult the library catalog: https://librarycat.drew.edu. Information about Drew’s incunabula is recorded also in Bookbindings on Incunables in American Libraries (http://www.bibsocamer.org/BibSite/Husby/index.html) and the Incunabula Short Title Catalog (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/).

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