Hermes Trismegistus: De potestate et sapientia Dei.
Translated by Marsilius Ficinus.
Venice: Damianus de Mediolano, de Gorgonzola, 10 May 1493.
4to. a-h4. [32] leaves.
ISTC ih00081000; GW 12314; Goff H81; BMC V 543 (IA. 24286); CIBN H-49; BSB-Ink H-116.
| GIP number: | H8 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.19 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | S.M.M.: unidentified Italian(?) 16th/17th-century woodcut book stamp on a1r: within an oval cartouche of winged heads and winged caryatids, the resurrected Christ holding a banner and with the initials “‧S‧ ‧M‧ ‧M‧”. Wilfrid Michael Voynich (1865-1930), bookseller, London: ‘N22 231’ in pencil on front pastedown i.e. item 231, price £2.10.0, in Catalogue of old and rare books, no. 22 (London: 1907). John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: ‘JF Jan 7 1908’ in pencil on front pastedown; ‘wmv’ in pencil on rear pastedown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 18th-century half parchment, decorated paper sides; spine title in ink. Size: 226 x 170 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 212 x 158 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations (some cropped) - mainly extracting keywords - in two 16th-century hands; ‘No 172’ in ink on front pastedown; number ‘2.328’ in ink on a1r; ‘SC615’ in pencil on rear pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
