Tractatus aureus Egidii Romani de formatio[n]e corporis humani in vtero ph[i]l[osoph]is / et medicis / necnon Theologis et Canonistis valde vtilis et necessarius cu[m] tractatu eiusde[m] de archa Noe: correct[us] / reuisus, et renouat[us] / et auctus per sacre theologie doctore[m] excelentissimu[m] magistrum Johanne[m] Benedictu[m] Moncetu[m] de Castelione Aretino: Totius Francie / Angelie[que] vicariu[m] generale[m]: ac vite regularis reformatore[m] / ac co[m]missariu[m] apostolicu[m] dignissimum ordinis fratru[m] heremitaru[m] Sancti Augustini / ad Serenissimu[m] rege[m] Anglie / fortissimum / liberatissimum / iustissimum / et sapientissimum.
Contributors: Moncetus de Castelìone, Joannes Benedictus.
Publisher: Ponset Le Prevx
Published: 1515
Place of publication: Parisiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: De formatione corporis humani in utero.
Notes: Woodcut title vignette (device of Ponset Le Preux); woodcut initials throughout text.

Title page promises another tract by Colonna, De formatione corporis humane in utero, but this is not present in any copies of the edition.

Work only datable from dedicatory epistle of editor which is dated 9 February 1515.

Includes a dedication and table of contents.

Leaf xxxix misnumbered as xxxviii; leaves xlii to xliiii misnumbered in reverse order; leaves xxii, xxvi and xlvii misnumbered as xii, xvi and xlv, respectively.

References: Repertoire 268-269; Moreau II, no. 1053