Bartholomaeus Anglicus: De proprietatibus rerum.
Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 14 Feb. 1485.
Fol. π6 a-b8 c-y6.8 z8 A-F6.8 G-K6 L-S8.6 T8. [300] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC ib00138000; GW 3410; Goff B138; BMC I 132 (IB. 1821); Bod-inc B-064A; BSB-Ink B-96.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| GIP number: | B12/1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ah-y.18 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Vienna, Franciscans: washed-out inscription visible under ultraviolet lamp on title-page π1r “ad Bibliothecam Viennensem P.P. Franciscanoru[m] XVII D 2 P. 169” - see also Binding. John Mozley Stark (fl. 1851-1888), bookseller, stationer, printer, and publisher, Hull & London: bookseller’s ticket on front pastedown “John M. Stark, Bookseller, 64 Market Place, Hull”. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s acquisition note in pencil on front pastedown “J. Ferguson July 16 1883” - without indication of his source but probably bought from Stark. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | Austria, 18th-century quarter pigskin decorated with blind fillets, brown speckled paper-covered boards; manuscript parchment guard strips visible in the middle of each quire; paper label at head of spine with manuscript title “Anglici Liber de proprietatibus rerum”; at foot of spine a paper label with manuscript shelfmark “XVII.D.2”. Size: 277 x 196 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 267 x 188 mm. |
| Annotations: | Brief early marginal annotation on B3r (lib. XVI, cap. lxviii “De merochite”); partially read 19th-century name(?) in pencil on front free endpaper “E W [...]”. |
| Decoration: | Eight-line initial “C” on a1r supplied in red and blue with reserved white and with red cross-hatching added to the body of the initial; six-line initial “D” on a4v supplied in red with black pen-work infill; other initials and paragraph marks supplied in red throughout; chapter headings and running headings underlined in red; capital strokes in yellow throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2
| GIP number: | B12/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-y.10 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), 10th Bt.: Syston Park armorial bookplate (Franks 29398) and book-label engraved with the initials “JHT” on front pastedown; lot 843 in The Syston Park Library: catalogue of an important portion of the … library of the late Sir John Hayford Thorold ... (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1884); sold to Ridler for £1.10.0; see the British Library annotated copy of the sale catalogue. William Ridler (fl. 1877-1904), bookseller, London. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s pencil acquisition note on verso of front free endpaper “J. Ferguson May 3 - 1892”; source unknown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 19th-century green goatskin with elaborate gold and blind-tooled border, gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; two blue silk bookmarks. Size: 299 x 214 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 286 x 206 mm. |
| Annotations: | Manicule on h1r; brief annotation in German (in an 18th-century hand?) on E1r regarding the description of the plant “enula” i.e. Alantwurzel (lib. XVII, cap. lviii); 19th-century pencil number “121” and price code “t/s/” on verso of front free endpaper. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf T8. |
