Michael Scotus: Liber physiognomiae.
[Venice: Jacobus de Fivizzano, Lunensis], 1477.
4to. a10 b-h8 i6 K6. [78] leaves (K6 blank). f3 missigned f2.
ISTC im00551000; GW M23301; Goff M551; BMC V 242 (IA. 20472); Bod-inc M-215; CIBN M-350; BSB-Ink M-376.
Three copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| GIP number: | M33/3 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Al-c.7 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | R.N.: initials “R N” on a1r followed by “IHS”. David Laing (1793-1878), antiquary and librarian of the Signet Library: lot 3335 in Catalogue of the first portion of the extensive and valuable library of the late David Laing ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, 1st December, 1879 ... (London: 1879); sold to Hopkins for £4.0.0 according to the annotated British Library copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 791. Hugh Hopkins (b. 1831), bookseller, Glasgow: see above. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s pencil acquisition note on front free endpaper “J.F. Xmas 1879 D. Laing’s copy 3335”; presumably purchased from Hopkins. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | Italy(?), 19th-century scumbled paper-covered boards, yellow goatskin spine, red leather title label; sprinkled brown-edged leaves. Size: 206 x 154 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 200 x 146 mm. |
| Annotations: | On a5r single word corrected in manuscript; price(?) “7-6” in pencil on front free endpaper; torn piece of paper with 19th-century notes on the author in English loosely inserted. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf K6. |
Copy 2
| GIP number: | M33/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Al-b.46 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | William George Thorpe (1828-1903), F.S.A., barrister-at-law, Middle Temple: signature on front pastedown “W.G. Thorpe 1871”. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown; Ferguson’s pencil note on front pastedown “Imperfect copy - J.F. Another copy in Stillie’s Catalogue wants the same leaves - wh. are supplied in MS. I shd. have taken it in the hope of completing this copy - but alas!” University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 18th-century buff paper-covered boards, parchment spine, red and green leather title labels. Size: 204 x 143 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 200 x 138 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional marginal annotations in an early hand; number “88” (in a 19th-century hand) on front pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting g2-5 and the blank leaf K6. |
Copy 3
| GIP number: | M33/1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bx.3.29 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Louis-Jean Gaignat (1697-1768), Secretary to King Louis XV: Gaignat sale, 1769; lot 1168 in Guillaume de Bure, Bibliographie instructive: supplément ... ou catalogue des livres de feu M. L.J. Gaignat, 2 vols (Paris: 1769). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Gaignat sale through his agent, Jean-Baptiste Dessain, for 25 livres 1 sou; see Dessain-Hunter correspondence (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 36, f. 25r). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest, 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “An.y.16”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century red goatskin; covers decorated with a triple gold-fillet border, a small gold circle at each corner; gold-tooled spine; gilt-edged leaves; marbled endpapers; green silk bookmark. Size: 200 x 143 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 195 x 135 mm. |
| Annotations: | None. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf K6. |
