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Description: Block book. Leaves printed on one side only. Printed in brown ink. Huntington Library copy is [6] leaves: leaf A from edition VIII ([Netherlands or Lower Rhine, about 1463-1468]) and leaves b, g, h, i and m from edition III. Leaves have suffered moisture damage and faded ink. Binding: quarter leather over beech boards.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1460-1463]
Call number: 144966
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith, April 19, 1918. Inscription on front pastedown: H.G. Bohn catalogue 1841, #179 -- Merly Catalogue £396.0.0
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

[Biblia pauperum]

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Consists of two series of 20 leaves, one lettered a-v and the second .a.-.v.. Leaves printed on one side only. Printed in brown ink. Huntington Library copy is an early impression of Schreiber edition VI, as the newly recut plates p-q, .c.-.d., .l.-.m. and .t.-.v. do not show the damage to the woodblocks seen in other copies of edition VI. Imperfect: ten leaves lacking (leaves a-b, g-m and .n.-.o.). Many leaves faded. Huntington Library copy misbound when rebound for Pembroke; now in following order: leaves c-f, .p.-.t., v, .v., .a.-.m., n-t. Leaf v detached and kept in a separate folder. Blank leaves pasted together; most leaves faded. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco, in red morocco solander case.

92581

Expositio Ugonis Senensis super aphorismos Hypocratis [et] super co[m]mentum Galieni eius interpretis

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Contains commentaries, with text, by Benzi and Galen, on Hippocrates' Aphorisms in Latin translation. Super-Chancery folio, with paper measuring 32 x 20.8 cm. Text printed in 2 columns; 66 lines, plus headline. With ornamental woodcut initials and printed paragraph marks; without catchwords. Printer's device below register on leaf U8r. Foliation error: leaves 11 and 158 misnumbered as 1 and 131. Signatures: A-U⁸. Binding: contemporary beech boards with modern leather spine. Remnants of two clasps. In box.

88413

Hie nach volgt das buch der natur. : Innhaltende zum ersten vo[n] eigenschafft vnd natur dess menschen. Darnach von der natur vn[d] eigenschafft dess hymels. d[e] tier. des gefugels. der kreüter. d[e] stein. vn[d] von vilandern natürlichen dingen

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Includes fourteen full page woodcut illustrations. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 26.6 x 19 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 20.5 x 12.9. Woodcut initials. Signatures: pi² a⁸ b-z⁶ A-E⁶ (E6 blank). Imperfect: leaves a1 and B1 lacking and replaced with facsimiles. Binding: contemporary German half blindstamped calfskin and beech boards.

85862

Ars moriendi : quamuis secundu[m] philosophu[m] tercio ethicorum

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Block book. Leaves [a]1 and [b]6 printed on one side only; the remainder printed on both sides. Printed in black ink. Woodcuts date from 1470-1475. Huntington Library copy is version IVC with a two-lined frame without hatching and two additional leaves at end: Christ as Intermediator and The Fall. Binding: 18th/19th century German paper over paper boards. In 19th century English gilt-tooled brown morocco portfolio by Riviere & Son.

144967

Galinou therapeutikēs methodou logos protos

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"On the recto of the last leaf is the register; and a device wherein (as well as in many other portions of the work) the name of Blastus occurs in the Greek character."--British Library. Printed in red and black. Signatures (in Greek characters): A-L⁸ M¹⁰ N⁸ X⁶ (A1 blank). Initial and border of each new section of text have additional red, green and gold ink flourishes. Woodcut image of Galen in center of top border on leaf A2r hand-colored. Binding: Greek-style bookbinding, probably sewn in the genuine way, i.e. with thread only (unsupported structure); spine is smooth and has a round shape, and is covered with overall textile lining outside of boards. The endbands are in the Greek style, extending onto the boards and sewn into them. Beech boards, with grooves running over corners, with full size reddish brown tanned goatskin cover, tooled in blind all over (frames) with small tools and fillets. Spine tooled in blind with fillets.

87532

Ars moriendi : quamuis secundu[m] philosophu[m] tercio ethicorum

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Block book. Printed on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Printed in brown ink. First pair of printed pages consists of preface; subsequent pairs consist of woodcut illustrations faced with page of text. Imperfect: leaves [20]-[24] lacking. Huntington Library copy is significantly faded and worn. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco, in red morocco solander case; binder's stamp: Made by Riviere & Son.

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