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

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  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.

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  Dit is die prologhe va[n] der spieghel onser behoudenisse

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  Speculum type; the Second Dutch edition. Woodcuts and xylographic text printed in brown ink; typographic text printed in black ink. Leaves printed on one side only. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.5 x 21.4 cm. Imperfect: leaves 32-33, 54-55 ([c]14, [d]1, [e]8, [e]9) lacking. Leaves [a]1-[a]3 trimmed at fore edge. Many leaves with blank sides partially pasted together. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco; in blue morocco solander case.

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  [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.

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  Hic codex Auienii co[n]tinet Epigra[m]ma, eiusde[m] Arati Phaenomena geographia[m] carmine heroico: & oras maritimas trimetro iambico: germanici quoq[ue], & Marci Tulii Arati fragmenta, & Sereni uersus de uariis curandis morbis

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  This volume contains the Arati Phaenomena by Avienus (leaves a4r-d3v); Avienus's Latin version of Orbis terrae descriptio by Dionysius Periegetes (leaves d3v-f6r); Ora maritima by Avienus (leaves f6r-g7r); Phaenomena by Germanicus Caesar, with a commentary by Avienus (leaves h1r-m8v); Aratea by Cicero (leaves m8v-n6v); and Liber medicinalis by Serenus Sammonicus (leaves n7r-p6r). Edited by Victor Pisanus. Cf. dedication, leaf a2. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.4 x 14.4 cm. Text in one column with guide letters. Includes 38 woodcut illustrations in the Germanicus Caesar which are, in part, reversed copies of those in the 1485 Hyginus of Ratdolt, from blocks previously used by T. de Blavis. Cf. BM 15th cent. Signatures: a¹⁰ b-p⁸ (a1, g8, p7-8 blank). Imperfect: leaves a1, p7-p8 lacking. Binding: Old English red morocco, in brown morocco solander case. Binder's stamp on case: Bound by Riviere & Son.

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  Sanctissimo ac cleme[n]tissimo in Christo patri domino: domino Paulo Secu[n]do sacrosancte Romane & uniuersalis ecclesie su[m]mo pastori & po[n]tifici maxi[m]o

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  Spaces left on leaves [a]1r and [i]1r for incipits to be added by hand; initial spaces. Signatures: [a-f¹⁰ g⁸ h¹² i-n¹⁰ o-p⁸ *⁴]. Illuminated decorations on leaf [a]1r with blue and maroon flowers with gilt scrolling in Ferrara style, blue capital "S" in gilt panel with red and green fill. Coat of arms [obliterated] in gilt circle in bottom margin. On leaf [i]1r blue and maroon flowers on inner margin with red capital 'M' in gilt panel. Other initials and rubrication in red or blue. Incipits on leaves [a]1r and [i]14 written in red. Binding: mid-18th century Spanish[?] gilt-tooled blue morocco[?].

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  Cornelii Celsi De medicina liber incipit

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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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