Nicolaus Salernitanus: Antidotarium.
Add: Quid pro quo; Synonyma.
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1471.
4to. [1-88 96]. [70] leaves, the first and last blank.
ISTC in00160000; Goff N160; BMC V 170; Bod-inc N-067.
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Am-z.41 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Unidentified, 16th-century Italian(?) coat of arms within a laurel wreath on 1/2r, tentatively described as: a fess argent charged with a serpent(?) or, in chief vert an unidentified object gules, in base the dexter side vert an eight-pointed mullet gules, the sinister side gules an eight-pointed mullet argent. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s pencil acquisition date “1907” on front pastedown; source unknown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
Binding: | England, 19th-century blind-tooled dark brown morocco, gold-tooled title on spine and in centre of both covers; gilt-edged leaves; binder’s stamp in gilt on turn-in at foot of front board “Bound by Riviere & Son”. Housed in a slip case. Size: 227 x 159 mm. |
Leaf size: | 223 x 153 mm. |
Annotations: | Possible bookseller’s catalogue number “Nicolaus 151” in pencil on front free endpaper, together with a 19th-century price code in pencil “Pa/n/d”; another 19th-century price code in pencil “ig/ig/-” on rear pastedown. |
Decoration: | On 1/2r a six-line epigraphic initial “E” supplied in gold on a square red ground and embellished with dark grey and gold interlacing; numerous other initials (all of two lines) supplied in alternate red and blue throughout; unidentified coat of arms on 1/2r (see Provenance). |
Imperfections: | Wanting the first and final blank leaves. |