Platina, Bartholomaeus: De honesta voluptate et valetudine.
Bologna: Johannes Antonius de Benedictis, 11 May 1499.
4to. a-m8. [96] leaves, the last blank.
Woodcut printer's device.
ISTC ip00766000; Goff P766; BMC VI 852; Bod-inc P-341.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.16 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Jacobus Antonius, of Bologna (15th/16th century): inscription on title-page (a1r) “Jacobi Antonij Bon.” (possibly just a mis-spelling of the printer’s name rather than an owner). Lubianus (15th/16th century): inscription on a1r “Sum Lubianj Anno: XXX”, lightly scored through. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: pencil acquisition note on front pastedown “John Ferguson Florence Sept. 22 1896” and his brief bibliographical notes in pencil on rear pastedown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 19th-century(?) limp vellum; ink title on spine. Size: 200 x 148 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 199 x 145 mm. |
| Annotations | Marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand in gathering a; brief references to Pythagoras on m7r; pencil price on rear pastedown “28/”. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the final blank leaf. |
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