Incipit Liber phisionomiae: que[m] compliauit magister Michael Scotus ... .
Scot, Michael,approximately 1175-approximately 1234.
Fivizano, Jacobus de,Lunensis,active 1472-1477,printer.
Constable, David,1795-1867,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.132
Chalmers, James,1742-1810,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.132.1
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.132.1
National Galleries of Scotland,donor.StEdNL: Inc.132.1
[Venice : Jacobus de Fivizano, Lunensis],
M.CCCC.LXXVII. [1477]
Title from opening lines of recto of leaf a4.
Place and printer from ISTC. Imprint date from colophon.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-h⁸ i⁶ K⁶.
Some capitals coloured in yellow and purple. Folio numbers added in early hand and to contents.
Single D inscribed at foot of recto of a1.
Ink inscription on recto of front flyleaf: The earliest edition, printed with a date, of this singular work, attributed to the celebrated Michael Scot of Balwearie. It is of great rarity. 1820.
BM 15th cent.,
Goff
GW
ISTC
Klebs
Schullian
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Pegg, M. A. Incunables in the National Library of Scotland: accessions 1946-1966,
Includes bibliographical references.
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Ink inscription at foot of recto of leaf a1: To the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland from Jas Chalmers Aberdeen, Oct. 1781. Black ink stamp of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on verso of front flyleaf with purple ink transfer stamp above. Transferred by the Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland as a gift to the National Library, 6 October 1949.
19th-century brown leather with gilt rolled and stamped borders and gilt stamped arms of David Constable on front and back boards, gilt stamped spine, gilt rolled turn-ins, gilt rolled board edges, gilt edges and red endpapers.
18th or early 19th-century brown leather with gilt rolled borders on front and back boards, gilt stamped spine, gilt stamped board edges, gilt rolled turn-ins, marbled edges and marbled endpapers.
Physiognomy
Medicine, Medieval
Human reproduction
Obstetrics
Italy Venice.