Mensa philosophica.
[Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff, ca. 1485]
4to. a6 b-f8 g6 h-l8 m-n6. [96] leaves.
ISTC im00493000; GW M22810; Goff M493; BMC I 258 (IA. 4308); BSB-Ink M-328.
| GIP number: | M29 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Am-z.45 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | Two sets of blind impressions of type on a1 - one of six, the other of seven lines. |
| Provenance: | Johann Ludwig von Hagen (1580-1654), theologian: inscription on a1r (title-page) “Joannes ludovicus Ab Hagen 1625”. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown - without Ferguson’s usual acquisition note. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | England, 20th-century. Rebound by Douglas Cockerell and Son, Aug. 1966, in quarter parchment with black ink spine title, marbled paper sides, replacing damaged paper covers; four early parchment index tabs preserved; binder’s note tipped onto rear pastedown. Size: 217 x 151 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 209 x 143 mm. |
| Annotations: | Brief 17th-century annotations on c1r, e4v and e6r; occasional underlining on e6r, m1r, m4v and m5v. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
