Brunschwig, Hieronymus: [Pestbuch:] Liber pestilentialis de venenis epidimie. Das buch der vergift der pestilentz.
[Strassburg]: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 19 Aug. 1500.
Fol. A4 B-G6. [4], I-XXXVI leaves.
Woodcuts.
ISTC ib01228000; GW 5596; Goff B1228; BMC I 115 (IB. 1501); CIBN B-870; BSB-Ink B-933.
GIP number: | B109 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.2.31 (see main library entry for this item) |
Variant: | G6r, col. 2, line 9 of colophon reads “vnderwegen liess vnd das nach dẽ be=||ſten ...” not as in BMC “nit vnderwegẽ liess vñ das nach dẽ be=||ſten ...” |
Provenance: | William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “An.4.5”. |
Binding: | 18th-century grey paper-covered boards, parchment spine, title written in ink from tail to head of spine; rear free endpaper has watermark “EVH”; tab on A2 (suggesting that this tract was once bound with another or other works). Size: 281 x 204 mm. |
Leaf size: | 277 x 201 mm. |
Annotations: | Frequent underlining in brown ink in quires B-D and on G6r; 18th-century number in ink “N228” on A1r. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | None. |