Michael Scotus: Liber physiognomiae.
[Reutlingen: Michael Greyff, ca. 1486]
4to. [1-58 66]. [46] leaves, the first blank.
Woodcut initial “I” on a4r.
ISTC im00556000; Goff M556; Polain(B) 2704; BSB-Ink M-378.
BSB-Ink dates [ca. 1483].
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Al-c.10 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Wilfrid Michael Voynich (1865-1930), bookseller, London: sold book to John Ferguson; printed catalogue slip from a Voynich catalogue (item 3667, price £5.5.0) tipped onto front pastedown. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s pencil note of his supplier on rear pastedown “Voynich” and date of purchase on front pastedown “John Ferguson 18 Nov. 1902”. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | France, 19th-century marbled paper-covered boards; gilt spine title; 19th-century printer’s waste (French text) visible as spine strengthener; sprinkled blue-edged leaves; two bookplates removed from front pastedown. Size: 192 x 132 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 187 x 126 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand (many cropped); occasional interlinear annotations and corrections; occasional “nota” marks and underlining. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the first blank leaf. |
