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Bartholomaeus Anglicus. De proprietatibus rerum, collation: [a⁶ b c⁸ d–f⁶ g⁸ h i⁶ k⁸...
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Bartholomaeus Anglicus. De proprietatibus rerum, collation: [a⁶ b c⁸ d–f⁶ g⁸ h i⁶ k⁸ l m⁶ n⁸ o p⁶ q⁸ r s⁶ t⁸ v x⁶ y⁸ z A⁶ B⁸ C D⁶ E⁸ F G⁶ H⁸ I K⁶ L⁸ M N⁶ O⁸ P Q⁶ R⁸], table triple column, text double column, 264 ff. (of 268, lacking b1, C1&2 and O3), initial and final blanks present but with loss, 53 lines and headline, Gothic type, three-line manuscript initials in red and blue and rubricated, a few instances of marginal annotation in an early hand, the odd minor marginal defect, occasional soiling, damp-stained, heavier at beginning and end, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, bosses and corner-pieces, 15 small leather tabs mounted to fore-margin, lacking catches, scratched and worn with small loss to spine and some metal corner-pieces, joints split but covers holding, vellum endpapers (pastedowns from an earlier manuscript, rear free endpaper lacking), folio (315 x 215mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 May, 1483.
*** Early printed edition of the great medieval encyclopedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus in a contemporary binding, including natural history, astrology, food and drink, gemstones and minerals.
Literature: BMC II 425; Goff B137; H *2505; GW 3409; Bod-inc B-064; BSB-Ink B-95; ISTC ib00137000.
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