Aristoteles [pseudo-]: Problemata.
(Text beginning: Omnes homines)
[Leipzig: Conrad Kachelofen, ca. 1489-90]
4to. A-C8 D-E6. [36] leaves, the last blank.
Most signatures have capital letters, except for B3 signed “biij”, C4 signed “ciiij”; A2 not signed, B2 missigned “Aij”.
ISTC ia01033000; GW 2457; Goff A1033; BMC III 625 (IA. 11704); BSB-Ink P-785.
GIP number: | A93 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Mu48-b.1 (see main library entry for this item) |
Note: | Wormholes in the first gathering are identical with wormholes in the final gathering of another incunable in the Murray collection (Versor, Johannes, Questiones iuxta textum De anima Aristotelis. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 5 Sept. 1496) - evidence that the two were once bound together. |
Provenance: | David Murray (1842-1928), Glasgow lawyer, antiquary and bibliographer: bookplate on front pastedown; source unknown. University of Glasgow: Murray library donation, 1927. |
Binding: | England, 19th/20th-century parchment; gilt spine title; binder’s stamp ‘Bound by Ramage London’. Size: 214 x 146 mm. |
Leaf size: | 209 x 139 mm. |
Annotations: | Single marginal annotation in Latin in an early hand on B5r. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | Wanting A1 (title) and E6 (the final blank). |