Bartholomaeus Anglicus: De proprietatibus rerum.
Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 11 Aug. 1491.
Fol. [*]6 a8 b-q8.6.6 r-z6 A-R6. [258] leaves, the last blank.
First gathering numbered but not signed.
ISTC ib00140000; Goff B140; BMC I 142 (IB. 2060); Bod-inc B-065; GW 3412.
| Shelf-mark: |
RCPSG: Bookstore BAR. |
| Provenance: |
Friedrich Bauermeister, bookseller, Glasgow (fl. 1860-1917): bookseller’s ticket on front pastedown “F. Bauermeister || Importer of Foreign Books || 234 Great Western Road || Glasgow”.
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow: armorial bookplate on front pastedown “Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow” partially overlaid with a later armorial bookplate of the College; purchased by the College in 1894, probably from Bauermeister; appears in ‘List of principal additions to the Library since 1st July 1894’ (RCPSG 1/20/15/20/12, printed 1 Oct. 1894). |
| Binding: |
19th-century grey paper-covered pasteboards; vestiges of early tabs; flyleaves have watermark of a large unicorn salient and countermark initials “L S”. Size: 280 x 213 mm. |
| Leaf size: |
275 x 205 mm. |
| Annotations: |
Brief marginal annotation on “apes” (bees) on H1v in a 16th-century hand; early pointing hands and underlining on K3v and L1v; signature x1 missing and supplied in manuscript; bibliographical references in a 19th-century German hand on front flyleaf. |
| Decoration: |
Initials supplied mainly in red throughout, some with reserved white; initials in blue with reserved white supplied on a4r, b8v, n4v, and o7v; paragraph marks and capital strokes supplied in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: |
Wanting the blank leaf R6. |
