Molitoris, Ulricus: De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus.
[Reutlingen: Johann Otmar, not before 10 Jan. 1489]
4to. a-b8 c-d6. [28] leaves (d6 blank).
Woodcuts.
ISTC im00795000; GW M25182; Goff M795; BMC II 587 (IA. 10727); Bod-inc M-302; CIBN M-512; BSB-Ink M-550.
| GIP number: | M51 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.34 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Nicolas Yemeniz (1783-1871), silk manufacturer and bibliophile, Lyon: book-label on front free endpaper with engraving of two sides of a “coin”, the obverse showing a lion between the letters “LVG” and “DVN”, the reverse showing the monogram “YEMENIZ”, with the pencil number “973” between the two; item 973 “Exemplaire non rogné” in the sale catalogue Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. N Yemeniz (Paris: 1867). C. Kelly (19th century): pencil inscription on rear pastedown “Perfect C Kelly 10/11/72”. Hodgson & Co., booksellers, London: sold book to John Ferguson, 1911 (see below). John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s acquisition note in pencil on front pastedown “JF 17. Oct. 1911” and his source on rear pastedown “Hodgson & Co.” University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 19th-century buff paper-covered boards; blue paper spine; manuscript title label on spine. Size: 207 x 147 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 200 x 143 mm. |
| Annotations: | Signature bij (which is not printed) supplied in ink in an early hand; two early inscriptions on a1r, one obliterated, the other so faded as to be illegible; numerous 19th-century numbers and price codes in pencil on front and rear pastedowns. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
