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of Cities and Towns. The names distinguished by an asterisk * and an obelisk † were taken from Dr. Adam Clarke's Bibliographical Miscellany, where they form two lists. The additional names were collected by myself.
In the towns marked * printing was carried on in the fifteenth century; and Dr. A. Clarke says — “In this List, great care has been taken not to omit one place where printing was carried on prior to the year 1500.” — “In this list, because the name refers to the work executed there, the genitive case has been retained. Panzer in his list has followed the same plan. This will be of some use to the mere English scholar, as he will at once see the same form of the word in its alphabetical order in this list, which he finds in the title of his book.”
In the towns marked † printing has been established and carried on since the fifteenth century, and Dr. A. Clarke observes — “This part might have been much enlarged, but it was not judged indispensably necessary. As the most difficult names are here explained, which usually occur in the titles of books, the residue it is hoped will occasion little embarrassment to any scholar.” — “It may be necessary to observe, for the information of the less experienced reader, that in this Supplement, as the Latin name stands in reference to no printed work, the nominative case has been always used.”
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Abbeville, France.
Aberdeen, Scotland.
capital of Swedish Finland.
Avranches, an ancient town of France.
See Albæ.
See Essii.
Montpelier, France.
Angouleme, France.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Gergenti, Sicily.
A town of Montferrat, 25 miles from Genoa.
St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Ditto.
Albia, Italy.
Oudenarde, Flanders.
Alost, Flanders.
Eltville, near Mayence.
Altorf, Germany.
Amsterdam, Holland.
Angers, France.
St. Andrews, Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Angouleme, France.
Ansloe or Opsloe, now Christiana, Norway.
Andover, Hampshire.
Antwerp, Netherlands.
Antwerp.
Bayonne, Gascony.
Bath, Somersetshire.
Bath.
Baden, Germany,
Aix, Provence, France.
Aquila, Naples.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Westphalia.
Armagh, Ireland.
Strasburg, on the Lower Rhine.
Rimini, Italy.
Armagh, Ireland.
Arnheim, Guelderland.
Hildesheim, Germany.
Ascoli, Italy.
Antwerp, Netherlands.
Aire, France. Augusta — Aug.
Tubingen.
Augsburg, Germany.
Ditto
Aust, near Basil.
Ratisbon, Germany.
London.
Autun, France.
Eichstadt.
Orleans, France.
Chartres, France.
Avignon, France.
Axminster, Devonshire.
Hexham, Northumberland.
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Bamberg, Bohemia.
Baden, Switzerland.
Bath, Somersetshire.
Baieux, Normandy.
Bayonne, Gascony.
Bamberg, Bohemia.
Barcelona, Spain.
Barco, in the province of Breschia.
Barcelona, Spain.
Basil or Bâle, Switzerland.
Bath, Somersetshire.
Hildesheim, Westphalia.
Bergamo, Italy.
Berlin, Prussia.
Beraun or Beraum, Bohemia.
Zweybrucken.
Deux Ponts, Germany.
Besancon, France.
Béziers, France.
Bourges, France.
Bologna, Italy.
Worcester.
Burgos, Spain.
York.
Bresse or Breschia, Italy.
Brussels, Flanders.
Bruges, Flanders.
Braunaw.
Brinn or Brunn, Moravia.
Brunswick, Lower Saxony.
Brunswick, Germany.
Brunswick.
Bruxells or Brussels, France. [Now belonging to Belgium.]
Buda, or Offen, Lower Hungary.
Bordeaux, France.
Burgdorf, Switzerland, also a town of Lower Saxony.
Burgos, Spain.
Bois-le-Duc, Brabant.
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Chablies, France.
Caen, France.
London.
Saragossa, Spain.
Tours, France.
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Cagliari, Sardinia.
Calais, France.
Cagli, Italy.
See Chamberii.
Cambridge.
Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Cambray, Netherlands.
Colchester, Essex.
Chelmsford, Essex.
Cambridge.
Canterbury, Kent.
Capua, Naples.
Carmagniola, Piedmont.
Cracow, Poland.
Carpentras, France.
Cassale Maggiore, Milan.
Casal of S. Evaxius, Montferrat.
Cassel, Italy, near Turin.
Cashel, Ireland.
Baden, Switzerland.
Cassel, Germany.
Nizza, Italy, near Lucca.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Constance, Switzerland.
Cleve, Germany.
Cervera, Catalonia, Spain.
Zell, Germany.
Montross, Scotland.
Chablies, France.
Chambery, France.
Kiel, Lower Saxony.
See Bisuntii.
Hermanstadt, Transylvania.
Chichester Sussex.
Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Chester and Caerleon.
Not Vienna in Austria, but a city of Friul in the state of Venice.
Gloucester.
Chivas or Chivasio and Chivazzio, Piedmont.
Cleve, Germany.
Clogher, Ireland.
Kiloon, Ireland.
Cluni, France.
Coburg, Germany.
See Hafniæ.
St. Sebastian, Portugal.
Colle, Tuscany.
Cologne, Germany.
Ditto
Geneva, Switzerland.
London.
Cologne, Germany.
Seville, Spain.
Como, Italy.
Alcala, New Castile, Spain.
Chester-le-Street, -Durham.
Nantes, France.
Coblentz, France.
Coimbra, Portugal.
Constance, Germany.
Constantinople, Turkey.
Coventry, Warwickshire.
Cork, Ireland.
A town of Tuscany.
Cracow, Poland.
Capital of Cremasco, Italy.
Cremona, Italy.
Parma, Italy.
Cracow, Poland.
Monastery of St. Cucufat, near Barcelona.
Culemburg, Dutch Guelderland.
Cosenza, or Cosence, Naples, capital of Calabria.
Prague, capital of Bohemia.
Zuickaw, or Zwickau, Upper Saxony.
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Dantzick.
Deventer, capital of Overyssel.
Delft, Holland.
Derp, Russia.
Tortosa, Spain.
Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Dillengen, Swabia.
Dijon, France.
Devizes, Wiltshire.
Cahors, France.
Dole, France.
Dole, France.
Vallis Sanctæ Marias. A society of monks in the diocese of Rheingau, near Mentz, Germany.
Dorchester, Oxfordshire.
Canterbury, Kent.
Dorchester, Oxfordshire.
Dresden, Saxony.
Douay, France.
Dublin, Ireland.
Duisburg, Westphalia.
Exeter, Devonshire.
Durham.
Down, Ireland.
Dorchester, Oxfordshire.
Rochester, Kent.
Rochester, Kent.
Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Reims, or Rheims, France.
Canterbury, Kent.
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Dublin, Ireland.
Evora, Portugal.
York.
See Aneda.
See Eustadiæ.
Elbing, Western Prussia.
Perpignan, France.
See Alta Villæ.
St. Asaph, N. Wales.
Emmeric, Duchy of Cleves, Germany.
A place in Switzerland.
Angouleme, France.
Erfurt, Upper Saxony.
Erfurt, Upper Saxony.
Same as Beronis Villas.
Jesi, in Ancona, Italy.
Eslingen, Suabia, Wirtemberg.
Neustadt, Germany.
Exeter, Devonshire.
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Falmouth, Cornwall.
Faenza, or Fayence, Italy.
Ferrara, Italy.
Florence, Italy.
Ferma, Italy.
A town in Italy.
Bilboa, Spain.
Florence, Italy.
Fontenai-le-Comte, France.
Forli, Italy.
Imola, Italy.
Franckfort on the Maine, Germany.
Franckfort on the Oder, Germany.
Franeker, Friesland.
Havre-de-Grace, France.
Friburg, Swabia.
Freysingen, Bavaria.
Capital of Frioul.
Foligni, Italy.
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See Aureliani.
Cadiz, Spain.
Gaeta, Naples.
Galway, Ireland.
Gand or Ghent, Flanders.
A sea-port, Valentia, Spain.
Constantia, Switzerland.
Saltzburg, Germany.
Dantzick.
Orleans, France.
Geneva.
Genoa, Italy.
Gironna, Spain.
Gien, France.
Giesen, Germany.
Glastonbury, Somersetshire.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Turgow, Holland.
A town of Upper Saxony.
Gottingen, Lower Saxony.
Gottenburgh, Sweden.
Cracow, Poland.
A town in the county of Goritz, Germany.
Gratz, Germany.
Granada, Spain.
Havre-de-Grace, France.
Grenoble, France
Bamberg, Bohemia.
Greenwich, Kent.
Gripswald, Swedish Pomerania.
Groningen, United Provinces.
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Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Hague.
Haguenau, France.
Halle, Saxony.
Hasderwick Holland.
Ditto
Hamburg, a free imperial city of Lower Saxony, in the duchy of Holstein.
Hainault, Low Countries.
Probably the same with Hagenoæ.
Harlem, Holland.
Hasselt, Liege, Germany.
Lignitz, Germany.
Sleswick, Denmark.
Heidelberg, Germany.
Franckfort upon the Main.
Helmestadt, Brunswick, Germany.
Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany.
Herborn, Germany.
Hermanstadt, Transylvania.
Hildesheim, Saxony.
Seville, Spain.
Stockholm, Sweden.
Ypres, Flanders.
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Thetford, Norfolk.
Thetford, Norfolk.
Lerida, Catalonia, Spain.
Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
A town of Germany, in the Tyrol.
Lisle, Flanders.
Exeter, Devonshire.
Ilchester, Somersetshire.
Aldborough, Yorkshire, or Boroughbridge, Yorkshire.
Kilkenny, Ireland.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
See Coburgi.
Kuttenberg, Bohemia.
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Castleford, Yorkshire.
Landaff, Wales.
Loudeac, France.
Treguier, France.
Laugingen, Swabia.
A fortified town of Austrian Brabant.
Leicester.
Leyden.
Leiria, or Leria, Portugal.
Limoges? France.
Limoges, France.
Liege, Netherlands.
Leuwarden, West Frieseland.
See Ilardæ.
Lewes, Sussex.
Wittenberg, Saxony.
Hanover.
Lecce, Naples, in Otranto.
Lignitz, Silesia.
Poitiers, France.
Leipsic, Saxony.
Liverpool, Lancashire.
Leith, Scotland.
See Lantenaci.
London.
London.
Lanchester, Northumberland.
Louvain, Brabant.
Lubec, Holstein, Lower Saxony.
Lucca, Italy.
Lyons, France.
Leyden, Holland.
Ditto
Carlisle, Cumberland.
Carlisle, Cumberland.
Lunden, Holstein, Lower Saxony.
Lunenburg, Lower Saxony.
Leipsic, Germany.
Paris. See Parisiis.
Paris.
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A town in the marquisate of Ancona, Italy.
Meckelen, Dutch Brabant; or Malines, French Brabant
Madrid.
Maidstone, Kent.
Magdeburg, Germany.
Mentz, or Mayence, Germany.
Ditto
Manchester, Lancashire.
Manheim, palatinate of the Rhine, Germany.
Madrid. See Madriti.
Mantua, Italy.
Roxburgh, Scotland.
Lunenburg, Germany.
Lubeck, Pomerland.
Marpurg, Hesse-Cassel, Germany.
Merseburg, Saxony.
Tours, France.
Marseilles, France.
Milan, Italy.
Memmingen, Swabia.
Messina, Sicily.
Metz, France.
Middleburg, Zealand.
Middleburg, Zealand.
Mayence or Mentz, Germany.
Munich, Bavaria.
Munich, Bavaria.
Munster, Westphalia.
Mount Serrat. A very high mountain in Spain, on which is an ancient monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Montauban, France.
Bath, Somersetshire.
Stirling, Scotland.
A place near Bamberg, Bohemia.
Montpellier, France.
Mont Real or Mont Royal, Sicily.
Konigsberg, Prussia.
Montross, Scotland.
Bath, Somersetshire.
Montreuil, France.
Moscow, Russia.
Mondovi, Piedmont.
Mons, Low Countries.
Murcia, Spain.
Pont-a-Mousson, France.
Modena, Italy.
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Nancy, France.
Nantz or Nantes, France.
Naples, Italy.
Nismes, France.
Newport, Isle of Wight.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Drontheim, Norway.
Nonente ? a small town in the duchy of Modena, Italy.
Norwich, Norfolk.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Nuremberg, Franconia, Germany.
Norwich, Norfolk.
Pilsen, Bohemia.
Weisenburg.
Nimeguen, Dutch Guelderland.
Novi, Genoa, Italy.
Newcastle-upon-Tine.
Nizza, Lucca, Italy.
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Inspruck, Tyrol.
Offenburg, Swabia.
Olmutz, Moravia.
Lisbon. See Ulyssipone.
In Spain.
Oppenheim, Palatinate of the Rhine, Germany.
Ortona del Mare, Sicily,
Oviedo, Spain.
Oxford.
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Paderborn, Westphalia.
Padua, Italy.
A town of Spain, in Leon.
Pau, France.
Pampeluna, Spain.
Palermo, Sicily.
Pavia, Italy.
Paris.
Parma, Italy.
Magdeburg.
Padstow, Cornwall.
Passau, Bavaria.
Padua, Italy.
Badajos, Spain.
Pembrnames-ancient#oke, Wales.
Pendennis, Cornwall.
Perpignan, France.
Perausa, Italy.
names-ancient#
Montpellier, France.
Pest.
St. Petersburg, Russia.
Beverley, Yorkshire.
Bremen, Westphalia.
names-ancient# Plebisacii.
Halberstadt, Lower Saxony.
Lindaw, Germany.
Pforzheim, Germany
Placentia, Italy.
Poitiers, France.
Pignerol, Piedmont.
Valladolid, Spain.
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
Pesaro, Italy.
Pescia, Tuscany, Italy.
Placentia or Piacenza, Italy.
Piobe de Sacco, Italy.
A town of Italy, in the Veronese.
names-ancient# Polliano.
names-ancient# Pampelunæ.
names-ancient# Pampelunæ.
Inspruck, Tyrol, Germany.
a village near Naples; or Portenza, a town of ditto.
Portsmouth.
Presburgh, Germany.
Powis, Wales.
Warwick.
Cronstadt.
Prague, Bohemia.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Promenthoux, a village near Prangins, Switzerland.
Provins, France.
Quesnoy, Low Countries.
S. Quentin, Picardy.
Quito, Peru, South America.
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Ratisbon, Bavaria.
Rennes, France.
Reinen, Venetian territory.
Reggio, Italy.
names-ancient# Mons Regius.
names-ancient# Regii.
Reims, or Rheims, France.
Reutlingen, Swabia, Wirtemberg.
Rennes, France.
Rostock, Lower Saxony.
Rome.
Rostock, Lower Saxony.
Rostock, Mecklenberg, Lower Saxony.
Rotterdam, Holland.
Rouen, France.
A Priory of the order of Clugny.
Rochelle, France.
Rodez, France.
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Sienna, Tuscany. names-ancient# Senis.
Setuval or Setubal, St. Ubes, Portugal.
Salerno, Naples.
Salins, France.
Saltzburg, Bavaria.
Salamanca, Leon, Spain.
names-ancient# Ursius Sanctus.
Sandwich, Kent.
Rochelle, France.
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Savigliano, Piedmont.
Savona, Genoa, Italy.
Scandiano, Italy.
Schiedam, Holland.
Schoonhoven, Holland.
Segorbe, Spain.
names-ancient# Rutheni.
Siguenza, New Castile, Spain.
Sens ?, France.
Aix, Provence.
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Sleswick, Denmark.
Soncino, in the Cremonese, Italy
Whether Sora a town of Naples, or Soria, a town of Spain, in Old Castile, is not known.
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
A monastery of the Præmonstrants, in Suevia, in Germany.
Spire, Germany.
Cassel, Germany.
Stockholm, Sweden.
Sublac, or Subbiaco, a monastery in the Campagna di Roma.
Straelsund, Pomerania.
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Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Friburg, Germany.
Tarazona, Arragon, Spain.
Treviso, Italy.
Turin, Sardinia.
Tinmouth, Devonshire.
Toulon, France.
Trieste, Istria.
Tewksbury, Gloucestershire.
Thionville, Luxemburg.
Wells, Somersetshire.
Salonichi, the ancient Thessalonica, Macedonia.
names-ancient# Papiæ.
Thiers, France.
Zuric, Switzerland.
Tilbury, on the Thames.
Toledo, New Castile, Spain.
Toulouse, France. It was not at this town, but a small town of Biscaye, that the editions printed in the fifteenth century with the imprint Tolosæ were executed.
Tournay, Netherlands.
See Ultrajecti.
Frankfort upon the Oder.
Utrecht, Holland.
Utrecht, Holland.
Maestricht, Netherlands.
Troyes, France.
Tranquebar, coast of Coromandel, Hindostan.
Trent.
Treves, Germany.
See Trevii.
Trevi, Umbria, Italy.
Trent, Germany.
Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Rotenberg, Germany.
Tubingen, Swabia, Wirtemberg.
Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Brunswick, Germany.
Tours, France.
Tusculanum Lombardy. [? Tusculum, now Frescati.]
Tivoli, Italy.
See Zinnæ.
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See Ulyssipone.
Ulm, Swabia.
Utrecht, United Provinces.
Lisbon, Portugal.
In Upland, Sweden.
Breslaw, Silesia.
Urbino, Italy.
Worcester.
A place near Vicenza.
Ossuna, Andalusia, Spain.
Udino, Venetian Friuli, Italy.
Utrecht, Holland.
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Maidstone, Kent.
Valence, France.
Valentia, Spain.
Valenciennes.
Valladolid, Old Castile, Spain.
Warsaw, Poland.
Baieux.
Huntington.
See Venetiis.
Venice, Italy.
Winchester, Hampshire.
Vercelli, Piedmont.
Verdun, Lorraine.
Verona, Italy.
Warwick.
Versailles, France.
Besancon, France. See Bisuntii.
Vicence, Italy.
Vienna or Wien, the metropolis of Austria.
Vienne, Dauphiny.
Vienna, Austria.
Worcester.
St. Edmond's Bury.
Villefranche, France.
Wilna, Lithuania, Poland.
Cenomanum or Subdinum, Mans, the capital of La Sarthe.
Vienna, Austria.
Vienna, Austria.
Vendosme, France.
Winburn, Dorsetshire.
Venice, Italy.
Viqueria, probably some town in Italy. Some think that Voghera, in the duchy of Milan, is meant.
Guimaraens, Portugal.
Viterbo, Italy.
Wittemberg, Germany.
Falmouth, Cornwall.
Breslaw, Silesia, Germany.
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Warsaw, Poland.
Warwick.
Wells, Somersetshire.
Westminster.
Worcester.
Windsor, Berkshire.
Winterberg, Bohemia.
Winchester, Hampshire.
Wittenberg, Saxony.
Worms, Germany.
“Yerica.— Oppid. ndbili in regno Valentino. Panzer. (Serigo?) I know nothing more of this place.” — Dr. A. Clarke.
Zamora, Leon, Spain.
Zamoski, a strong town of Poland, in Red Russia, now the Austrian kingdom of Lodomeria.
A monastery belonging to the order of Cistercian monks in Saxony.
See Zwollis.
Zwoll, Overyssel, United Provinces.
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