Book Collection Inc. - Incunabula

Identity area

Reference code

Inc.

Title

Incunabula

Date(s)

  • 1488 - 1701 (Creation)

Level of description

Book Collection

Extent and medium

517 books

Context area

Name of creator

(1963-)

Administrative history

Formed in 1963 after an amalgamation of institutions dating back to 1834, Newcastle University is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, with overseas campuses in Malaysia and Singapore. It is a member of the Russell Group of Universities.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquisition history of this collection is unknown.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This small collection comprises books which were produced in the infancy of the art of printing, and specifically before 1500. The collection includes such works as the Epistolae of St. Jerome, printed in Palma in 1480, Opus de peste, a tract on plague printed in Bologna in 1478, and the first printed book on architecture, Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria (1485).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No further material is expected to be added to the collection

System of arrangement

Numerical

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

UK copyright law applies

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Rare Books / Publications

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb186-Inc.

Institution identifier

gb186

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Status

Draft

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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