Albertus Magnus [pseudo-]: Secreta mulierum et virorum (cum commento).
[Augsburg: Johann Froschauer, ca. 1505]
4to. a-d6.4 e4 f6 g4. [34] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC ia00315700; GW 735; Goff A315; Bod-inc A-135A; BSB-Ink A-206.
Date taken from ISTC: “printed using Froschauer's type 6, which was not used before 1503”; Bod-inc dates ca. 1503; GW dates ca. 1500.
| GIP number: | A38 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ah-a.31 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown; Ferguson’s acquisition date in pencil “28.vi.82” on a1v. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | England, 19th-century purple goatskin; gilt spine title; gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; binder’s stamp in gilt on turn-in at foot of front cover “Bound by Ramage”. Size: 194 x 138 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 190 x 130 mm. |
| Annotations: | Annotation on title-page “Prohibitus [erasure] Alberto [erasure]”; occasional marginal annotations in Latin in an early hand; occasional “nota” marks and underlining. |
| Decoration: | Face added in pen and ink to initial “D” on a2r. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf g4. |
