Gerson, Johannes: De cognitione castitatis et de pollutionibus diurnis; Forma absolutionis sacramentalis.
[Cologne: Ulrich Zell, ca. 1467]
4to. [18 28 (2/8+χ1)]. [17] leaves.
ISTC ig00194000; GW 10728; Goff G194; Bod-inc G-095; CIBN G-148; BSB-Ink G-148.
Dated [ca. 1468] in GW.
| GIP number: | G29 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.23 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | Bound (the second item) with and probably issued together with: Johannes Gerson, De pollutione nocturna [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1467] (G35, Goff G255). |
| Note: | Four printer's pinholes visible throughout. |
| Note: | In this copy the superfluous blank conjugate with 2/χ1 has not been cut away. |
| Variant: | Variant reading in the incipit on 1/1r, line 3: without the word “de” present in the GW transcription. |
| Provenance: | Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (1787-1854), physician, Frankfurt: book label “Georgius Kloss, M.D. Francofurti ad Moenum” on front pastedown; lot 1699 in Catalogue of the library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort a M. ... (London: Sotheby, 1835). John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s acquisition and bibliographical note on front pastedown “John Ferguson London May 4 1882. The blank leaves are a feature in this very scarce book. Before 1470.” University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | Germany, 19th-century half brown goatskin, marbled sides; pale blue endpapers; partial early title on fore-edge in ink suggesting that this and its companion had probably once been bound up with another or other works. Size: 217 x 155 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 213 x 148 mm. |
| Annotations: | A few marginal annotations in an early hand on 1/1r, 1/1v and 1/2r. |
| Decoration: | Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
