Barzizius, Christophorus [‘medicus’]: Introductorium ad opus practicum medicinae.
Edited by Johannes Antonius de Bassinis; corrected by Petrus Buzius. Add: Rhasis: Liber IX Almansoris, with commentary by Barzizius.
Pavia: Antonius de Carcano, for Octavianus Scotus, 20 Aug. 1494.
Fol. a8 b4 c-d6 e6 (e4+χ1) f6 g-s8 t-z6 ⁊6 ↄ6 ꝝ6 A-M6 N4. [257] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC ib00260000; GW 3672; Goff B260; Bod-inc B-125; CIBN B-161; BSB-Ink B-216.
GIP number: | B21 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian By.2.1 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Joseph Fenton (d. 1634), surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London: inscription on a1r “Joseph Fenton” , his motto “Sustine Abstine”, and his number “8” within a square frame (for Fenton see Margaret Pelling & Frances White, 'Physicians and irregular medical practitioners in London, 1550-1640: database' (British history online) www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=17414). Robert Bates (18th century): signature “Robert Bates” on a1r. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “N.3.10”. |
Binding: | 17th-century calf over pasteboards, covers decorated with a blind-fillet border; rebacked in 20th century. Size: 307 x 213 mm. |
Leaf size: | 296 x 210 mm. |
Annotations: | None. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | Without the additional leaf inserted in other copies in quire e. |