Scanarolus, Antonius: Disputatio de morbo gallico.
Bologna: [Benedictus Hectoris], 26 Mar. 1498.
4to. a-b8. [16] leaves.
ISTC is00304000; GW M40760; Goff S304; BMC VI 844 (IA. 29079); CIBN S-160; BSB-Ink S-194.
| GIP number: | S15 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bx.3.37 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Guillaume Chrestien (1500-1558), physician to Francis I, King of France: inscription on title-page (a1r) "Su[m] G. Christianj". William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “An.9.11”. |
| Binding: | England, 18th-century red goatskin decorated with double gold fillets, a small gold floral tool at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; flyleaves have watermark of crowned royal arms encircled with motto “Honi soit qui mal y pense”. Size: 185 x 134 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 183 x 130 mm. |
| Annotations: | Author’s name and date of printing written on title-page (a1) “Antonii Scanaroli 1498”. |
| Decoration: | Five-line initial “N” on a2r and seven-line initial “P” on a2v supplied in red and blue; two other initials supplied in red; paragraph marks supplied in red or blue; symbol supplied in red at foot of b1r (to denote new quire?); red ink rules on all pages (including title-page and the two blank pages a1v and b8v). |
| Imperfections: | None. |
