ALCHABITIUS, al' Qabisi (fl. ca. 950). Libellus ysagogicus abdilasi ... interpretatus a Joanne Hispalensi, Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1485, 4° (199 x 150mm.), third edition, 97 leaves unfoliated, foliated in manuscript starting at f.142, paragraph marks supplied in red, woodcut illustrations (lacking the initial blank, light dampstaining, some margins slightly wormed), contemporary blind-stamped calf over wood boards, covers with diapered panels with flower and leaf tools, brass corner and center bosses (one corner boss replaced from another early binding, new clasps, rebacked, covers wormed). [Goff A363; BMC V, 290; Klebs 41.3]

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ALCHABITIUS, al' Qabisi (fl. ca. 950). Libellus ysagogicus abdilasi ... interpretatus a Joanne Hispalensi, Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1485, 4° (199 x 150mm.), third edition, 97 leaves unfoliated, foliated in manuscript starting at f.142, paragraph marks supplied in red, woodcut illustrations (lacking the initial blank, light dampstaining, some margins slightly wormed), contemporary blind-stamped calf over wood boards, covers with diapered panels with flower and leaf tools, brass corner and center bosses (one corner boss replaced from another early binding, new clasps, rebacked, covers wormed). [Goff A363; BMC V, 290; Klebs 41.3]

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