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A. Corn. Celsi De medicina Libri Octo
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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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Edited by Bartolomaeus Fontius, in collaboration with Franciscus Saxettus. Chancery folio and Royal quarto, with paper measuring 27.2 x 19.8 cm. One column of text, 34 lines; area of text: 18 x 11 cm. With initial spaces and guide-letters; without foliation and catchwords, except for one catchword on leaf pi6. Quires pi and a-x, leaves y2.5, y3.4, z2.5 and z3.4 are folio; rest are quarto.--Cf. BM 15th cent., IV, p. 627. Signatures: pi⁶ a⁴ b-i⁶ l-z⁶ &⁶ 2a-g⁶ 2h⁴ A⁸ (A8 blank). Imperfect: gathering A (the Tabula) lacking. Binding: red morocco; in green morocco solander case.
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Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.9 x 19.4 cm. Text in one column; guide letters for initials. Signatures: a-i⁶ k-l⁴ (a1 blank). Binding: three-quarters vellum over marbled paper.
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Royal quarto, with paper measuring 28.2 x 20.2 cm. Text in one column. Capital spaces with guide letters. Signatures: a-i⁸ K⁸ l-s⁸ [t]⁸ (a1, t8 blank). Imperfect: initial blank leaf (leaf a1) lacking. First initial decorated in red, blue, and green inks along with gold leaf; subsequent initials in red and blue. Rubrication in red and blue. Binding: contemporary Italian blindstamped calf over wooden boards; remnants of leather clasps. In box.
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