BARTHOLMAEUS ANGLICUS. De proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 30 May 1483. Chancery folio, 297 x 207 mm., later vellum, traces of ties, upper outer joint torn at top, lacking first and last blanks, 25/1, 25/6-8, 26/1 and 26/5-6 repaired along gutter margins, grazing text on versos of 25/6-7 and causing slight tear to 25/7, a few headlines cropped, a very few short marginal tears . Collation: [?? 6 102 8 3-5 6 6-38 8 . 6 . 6 . 39 8 ] (??1 blank, ??2 tabula, ??6v list of authors cited, 1/1r prologue, 1/1v text, 39/7v colophon, 39/8 blank). 266 leaves (of 268, lacking the blanks). 53-54 lines and headline, double column, table in 3 columns. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headings and headlines). Rubricated: 17-line opening Lombard initial in blue and red with white on blue infill touched up in red, white on red border decoration, and red full-page flourish, 2-5 line flourished initials in alternating blue and red, paragraph marks in red or blue. H *2505; GW 3409; BMC II, 425-6; Pellechet 1872; Polain (B) 504; Klebs 149.8; IGI 1255; Goff B-137. First printed in Basel c. 1470, Bartholomaeus Anglicus's great medieval encyclopaedia, a compilation of all scientific knowledge available in the 13th century, was avidly read by fifteenth-century scholars, and was reprinted at least 23 times before the end of the century. Its 19 sections include one, the 17th, devoted to plants, listing about 120 plants in alphabetical order with their medicinal properties. Provenance : "Duplum" inscription on front flyleaf -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.
BARTHOLMAEUS ANGLICUS. De proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 30 May 1483. Chancery folio, 297 x 207 mm., later vellum, traces of ties, upper outer joint torn at top, lacking first and last blanks, 25/1, 25/6-8, 26/1 and 26/5-6 repaired along gutter margins, grazing text on versos of 25/6-7 and causing slight tear to 25/7, a few headlines cropped, a very few short marginal tears . Collation: [?? 6 102 8 3-5 6 6-38 8 . 6 . 6 . 39 8 ] (??1 blank, ??2 tabula, ??6v list of authors cited, 1/1r prologue, 1/1v text, 39/7v colophon, 39/8 blank). 266 leaves (of 268, lacking the blanks). 53-54 lines and headline, double column, table in 3 columns. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headings and headlines). Rubricated: 17-line opening Lombard initial in blue and red with white on blue infill touched up in red, white on red border decoration, and red full-page flourish, 2-5 line flourished initials in alternating blue and red, paragraph marks in red or blue. H *2505; GW 3409; BMC II, 425-6; Pellechet 1872; Polain (B) 504; Klebs 149.8; IGI 1255; Goff B-137. First printed in Basel c. 1470, Bartholomaeus Anglicus's great medieval encyclopaedia, a compilation of all scientific knowledge available in the 13th century, was avidly read by fifteenth-century scholars, and was reprinted at least 23 times before the end of the century. Its 19 sections include one, the 17th, devoted to plants, listing about 120 plants in alphabetical order with their medicinal properties. Provenance : "Duplum" inscription on front flyleaf -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.
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