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-z6666 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.

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