Ilona Hubay

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Ilona Hubay (July 1, 1902 – June 20, 1982) was a Hungarian specialist in

incunabula (pre-1501 printed books) and other early printed books.[1]

After her secondary studies in

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
in Munich.

Most famous is her survey of existing copies of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible, Die bekannten Exemplare der zweiundvierzigzeiligen Bibel und ihre Besitzer (1985). 47 copies, and their owners, were identified. After this publication, two more copies were found in Russia. Later, the overview was extended in the on-line British Library's Incunabula Short Title Catalogue.

Works

  • Missalia hungarica. Régi magyar misekönyvek, (Old Hungarian missals). Budapest (1938)
  • Magyar és magyar vonatkozású röplapok, újságlapok, röpiratok az OSZK-ban 1480-1718, (A catalogue of flyleaves and journals from and about Hungary in the National Library of Hungary, 1480–1718) Budapest, 1948.
  • Incunabula der Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg, Wiesbaden (1966)
  • Incunabula Eichstätter Bibliotheken (1968)
  • Incunabula aus der Staatlichen Bibliothek Neuburg/Donau [und] in Der Benediktinerabtei Ottobeuren. Ottobeuren (1970)
  • Incunabula der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Wiesbaden (1974)
  • Die bekannten Exemplare der zweiundvierzigzeiligen Bibel und ihre Besitzer (1985)

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