Michael Scotus: Liber physiognomiae.
[Passau: Johann Petri, ca. 1487-88].
4to. a-c8 d6 e8 f6. [44] leaves.
ISTC im00559000; GW M23296; Goff M559; BMC II 616 (IA. 11338); BSB-Ink M-384.
| GIP number: | M41 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-e.20 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | The title “Phiſonomia Michaelis ſcoti” on a1r has been excised and is now mounted on a flyleaf. |
| Provenance: | Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (1787-1854), physician, Frankfurt am Main: lot 3280 in Catalogue of the library of Dr. Kloss of Franckfort a.M ... (London: Sotheby, 1835), according to pencil note by John Ferguson "Kloss' copy. Cat. 3280" on front flyleaf (attributed in the Kloss catalogue to the press of Conrad Zeniger, Nuremberg, 1480). Jean-Baptiste, abbé, chevalier de Bearzi (18th/19th century): on front flyleaf "E bibliotheca Eq. de Bearzi, auction lege vendita Lipsiae 16 April 1855". Edward Stibbs (19th century), bookseller, London: sold book to John Ferguson. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson's pencil acquisition note on verso of front free endpaper "JF July 10 1883 From E. Stibbs, London". University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | Germany, 19th-century half russet goatskin, blue marbled-paper boards; gold-tooled spine; decorative endpapers; yellow-edged leaves; green silk bookmark. Size: 190 x 141 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 184 x 133 mm. |
| Annotations: | Very occasional brief marginal annotations and nota marks; traces of underlining, mostly washed out; number "39" in a 19th-century hand on front free endpaper; 18th-century note on the author mounted on front flyleaf. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
