03678cam a2200577Ia 4500 7207926 20191015134600.0 800603s1485 gw a 000 0 lat d (OCoLC)270647783 (OCoLC)ocn270647783 AN# eng dcrmb AN# OCLCQ OCLCO lat ger BRLL Q.405.115 Herbarius Latinus. With German synonyms Herbarius. [Passau] : [Johann Petri], [1485] [4], Cl, [20] [i.e. 174] leaves ; 23 cm (4to) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Woodcuts with Latin names and German synonyms. Title and date from first leaf (Herbarius Patauie impressus Passau anno Dom[in]i [et]cetera .lxxxv.); place and printer from Incunabula short title catalogue. Leaves 5 through 154 numbered i-Cl, each containing a single woodcut illustration, with corresponding explanatory text running onto the verso of the leaf. Signatures: [1́þ 2-21́ı 22℗£́ʻ] ([21]́˜=blank) Chancery quarto; [2]́ (i.e. fol. i) verso: 34 lines, 156 x 87 mm; types: 150 (title, headings, and foliation), 92 (text) Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 616 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H64 Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00064000 cataloged 20190711 jm condition reviewed 20191002 cl pda MB COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.115 imperfect: [21]́˜ (blank) excised. All woodcuts hand-colored. Some deckles intact. Leaf dimensions: 206 x 152 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.115 with unidentified dealer's description laid on to front free endpaper. Early inscription in upper margin of first leaf: "herba benedicta est Valeriana Orat [...]"; in the lower margin: "Ad infirmaria Rebdorff:" Early/contemporary medical inscription in several parts on verso of first leaf, with the first part heading "Aqua pro occulis. Aug[e]n Wasser." Marginal annotations throughout in ink, pencil, and scribed in blind. Final 5 lines of fol. Cviij struck out in red ink. This copy appears in Quaritch catalog no. 173 (October, 1897), item 107. Purchased from Quaritch in November, 1939. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.115 bound in early/contemporary blind tooled sheepskin. Single catch plate removed, clasp anchor remaining. Spine painted white, with early manuscript title and shelf mark (27[?]) Herbs Therapeutic use Early works to 1800. Wooden boards (Binding) rbbin MB Blind tooled bindings (Binding) rbbin MB Inscriptions (Provenance) rbprov MB Marginalia (Provenance) rbprov MB Woodcuts. gmgpc Herbals. Incunabula. Incunabula Germany. Chancery quartos. Petri, Johann, active 1485-1498, printer. Rebdorf Infirmary, former owner. MB Bernard Quaritch (Firm), former owner. MB Incunabula (Collection of Distinction) MB Germany Passau. Special Collections (Temporarily unavailable) Nonfiction - In Library Use Only Q.405.115 RARE BKS 9 39999091889707 Out Jul 19 2022 Book 1 Oct 24 2019 False 0 Q.405.115 0 0 1 0 1 0 Q.405.115 0 2