Albertus Magnus [pseudo-]: Secreta mulierum et virorum (cum commento).
[Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, not before 1494]
4to. a-b6 c4 d-f6. [34] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC ia00312000; GW 733; Goff A312; BMC II 375 (IA. 6449); BSB-Ink A-202.
Woodcut.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
GIP number: | A37/1 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ah-b.25 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Munich, Royal Library (now Bayerische Staatsbibliothek): duplicate - “Dupl” in pencil on a1r; “D” in pencil on rear free endpaper with number “SB 11424”. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: source unknown - without Ferguson’s usual acquisition note. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
Binding: | Germany, 19th-century quarter calf, marbled paper sides; marbled endpapers; green-edged leaves; crimson silk bookmark; remains of an early leather tab on a1. Size: 200 x 138 mm. |
Leaf size: | 194 x 132 mm. |
Annotations: | Early marginal notes in more than one hand up to leaf e2r; underlining, manicules and “nota” marks; letters “m m” in pencil on rear flyleaf; typographical note on front flyleaf. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | Wanting sheet d3.4 and the final blank leaf. |
Copy 2
GIP number: | A37/2 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ah-b.26 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Albert Cohn (1827-1905), bookseller, Berlin, Mohrenstrasse 53: sold book to John Ferguson. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: purchased from Cohn; pencil acquisition note on front pastedown “J. Ferguson June 29, 1888” and Ferguson’s pencil note of his supplier on rear pastedown “A. Cohn Berlin”. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
Binding: | Germany, 19th-century paper boards covered in part of a parchment leaf from a manuscript service book containing the text of Psalm 29: 10-12; heavily worn paper title label on spine. Size: 188 x 141 mm. |
Leaf size: | 184 x 135 mm. |
Annotations: | Pencil number “18142” and “Inc”(?) on rear pastedown. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | Wanting the final blank leaf; one large wormhole throughout - with loss of several letters on each page. |