Michael Scotus: Liber physiognomiae.
[Passau: Johann Petri, ca. 1487]
4to. a-b8 c6 d8 e-f6. [42] leaves.
ISTC im00558000; GW M23297; Goff M558; BSB-Ink M-385; Walsh 1000.
As dated by Walsh; ISTC dates [not after 1489].
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| GIP number: | M40/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Al-b.16 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Munich, Royal Library (now Bayerische Staatsbibliothek): perhaps a duplicate; on a1r (title-page) “Dupl” faintly written in pencil. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | England, 19th-century half green goatskin, marbled boards; gold-tooled spine; gilt-edged leaves; binder’s stamp on verso of front free endpaper “Bound by Riviere & Son”. Size: 196 x 144 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 192 x 137 mm. |
| Annotations: | Illegible, erased pencil inscription on a1r (title-page). |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in red throughout, some with reserved white and many with marginal flourishing; capital strokes supplied in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2
| GIP number: | M40/1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ak-a.41 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Munich, Royal Library (now Bayerische Staatsbibliothek): duplicate; on recto of original front free endpaper a note in ink “Dupl. N=436. Inc. Typ.” plus the number “2395” in pencil. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown; Ferguson's textual note in pencil on original front pastedown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 20th-century dark green buckram with gilt stamp of Glasgow College Library, modern endpapers (earlier front pastedown and front free endpaper now preserved as flyleaves); green-edged leaves. Size: 199 x 143 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 191 x 138 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations in various 16th-century hands; on a1r (title-page) in top right hand corner the number “1.” in ink; on verso of original front free endpaper “BL 4058” in pencil; on f6r a pencil number “998/22” – probably relating to the rebinding of the book. |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in red (many with reserved white); paragraph marks, underlining and capital strokes supplied in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
