Vocabularius poeticus sive Elucidarius carminum et historiarum. continens fabulas. historias prouincias urbes insulas fluuios et montes illustres et cetera.
Torrentinus, H.(Hermannus),-1520.
Cornelis,de Zierikzee,active 1497-1517,printer.
Ballenstedl, J. A.,18th century,former owner.StEdNL
Henderson & Nisbet (Firm),binder.StEdNL
[Cologne] : Impressum Colonie apud predicatores. [i.e. Cornelis de Zierikzee,
not after 1503]
Imprint from colophon. Printer from ISTC.
Dated about 1500 in Goff. BMC(Ger) dates about 1505.
With woodcut below title.
With a final blank leaf.
Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C⁸ D⁴ E-F⁶ G⁴.
Colophon dated 1503 in manuscript.
With extensive manuscript annotations and two Latin poems on John the Baptist on final blank leaf, all in early hand.
Loosely inserted are: a letter dated 17 November 1943 from Henry M. Paton at General Register House to H. W. Meikle at the Library regarding Paton's efforts to transcribe the manuscript additions below colophon and two slips dated 25 April 1966 with notes by Julian F. Russell on the manuscript poems, title page inscriptions and colophon inscription.
BMC(Ger)
Goff
ISTC
VD16
Pegg, M. A. Incunables in the National Library of Scotland: accessions 1946-1966,
16th-century inscription on title page: Henricus [?]. 18th-century inscription on title page: M. Jo. Arn. Ballenstedl. Pegg records this book as having been acquired by the Advocates Library but the book bears no Advocates Library provenance.
Modern brown pigskin by Henderson and Bisset.
Geography
Germany Cologne.