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BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (fl.1230-1250). De proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 30 May 1483.
Chancery 2° (282x205mm). Collation: [π6 1-28 3-56 6-388.6.6 398] (π1 blank, π2 tabula, π6v list of authors cited, 1/1r prologue, 1/1v text, 39/7v colophon, 39/8 blank). 268 leaves. 53-54 lines and headline, double column, table in 3 columns. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headings and headlines). One 17-line initial opening the prologue in blue with red and brown decoration, 2-5-line initials and paragraph marks in red to 18/1, thereafter left blank. (11/1.6 rehinged, hinges in last quire discreetly reinforced, tear in 35/6 affecting a few letters.) Modern plain paper boards, leather spine label, title written on fore-edge. Provenance: Ad P.P. Franciscanos Cambii Bibl; Ex legato R. domini Othmari Schwartzman parochi in Vilspiburg(?) pro conventu Landhuti S. Francisci de observantia Ao 1612; Munich, Royal Library, duplicate.
The great medieval encyclopedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, devoted to describing the natural sciences, was a compilation of all scientific information available at the time, and includes sections on medicine, geography, etc., as well as spiritual substances. H *2505; GW 3409; BMC II, 425 (IB. 7306); Goff B-137; Pellechet 1872; Klebs 149.8; IGI 1255; BSB B-95
Chancery 2° (282x205mm). Collation: [π6 1-28 3-56 6-388.6.6 398] (π1 blank, π2 tabula, π6v list of authors cited, 1/1r prologue, 1/1v text, 39/7v colophon, 39/8 blank). 268 leaves. 53-54 lines and headline, double column, table in 3 columns. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headings and headlines). One 17-line initial opening the prologue in blue with red and brown decoration, 2-5-line initials and paragraph marks in red to 18/1, thereafter left blank. (11/1.6 rehinged, hinges in last quire discreetly reinforced, tear in 35/6 affecting a few letters.) Modern plain paper boards, leather spine label, title written on fore-edge. Provenance: Ad P.P. Franciscanos Cambii Bibl; Ex legato R. domini Othmari Schwartzman parochi in Vilspiburg(?) pro conventu Landhuti S. Francisci de observantia Ao 1612; Munich, Royal Library, duplicate.
The great medieval encyclopedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, devoted to describing the natural sciences, was a compilation of all scientific information available at the time, and includes sections on medicine, geography, etc., as well as spiritual substances. H *2505; GW 3409; BMC II, 425 (IB. 7306); Goff B-137; Pellechet 1872; Klebs 149.8; IGI 1255; BSB B-95