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Anno. M.D.XXXV. Bertholomeus De proprietatibus rerum
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Table following title page begins: "Comie[n]ça la tabla del libro del [sic] propietatibus rerum." Incipit at head of leaf a1r: Comiensa el libro delas propiedades delas cosas. Translated by Vicente de Burgos. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.6 x 21.9 cm. Printed in 2 columns (table of contents, 3 columns; prologue in a single column). Gothic type, 45-49 lines. Initial spaces with guide letters at beginning of books and in gatherings 2a-2g; woodcut ornamental initials elsewhere. Printer's device on last page following colophon. Illustrations: 18 large woodcuts, 13 within double-line borders (including 1 repeat and 1 cut composed of six small sections) and 5 within single-line borders (including arms of Castile and Aragon on title page, measuring 154 x 136 mm), and 6 small woodcut diagrams. The 17 cuts in the text, prefixed to books 2-17 and 19, are on leaves a6, c1, d6, e8, k2, l6, o6, C2, D3, D6, E5, F8, G8 (repeated from D3), I1, L4, M8 and 2m5. The diagrams are on leaves c3 (3 geometrical), c8 (2 optical) and I1 (schematic map of the world). Signatures: [superscript pi]a⁶ a-m⁸ n-o⁶ A-M⁸ 2a⁶ 2b-2e⁸ 2f-2g⁶ 2h-2o⁸ 2p⁴. Binding: brown morocco; binder's stamp: Bound by Riviere & Son.
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Full colophon reads: Explicit tractatus de p[ro]prietatib[us] reru[m] edit[us] a fratre Bartholomeo Anglico ordi[ni]s frat[rum] minoru[m]. Impressus p[er] industriosum viru[m] Athoniu[m] Koburger inclite Nurenberge ciuem. Anno salutis gratie. M.ccccxcij. xx. die Iunij. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.8 x 19 cm. Text in double columns, 61 lines per column. Initial spaces, with guide-letters. Signatures: pi⁴ a-z⁶ A-G⁶ H-I⁸ (I8 blank). Imperfect: final blank leaf (leaf I8) lacking. Binding: 18th century sprinkled sheep.
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