Shelfmark
Gb.1.15
Author
Title
Hieronymi Cardani mediolanensis medici De subtilitate libri XXI. nunc demum recogniti atq[ue] perfecti.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De subtilitate
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ : per Ludovicum Lucium, Anno 1554.
Physical description
[24], 561, [1] p. : ill. ; 33 cm (Fo.).
Note
Woodcut title-page vignette; initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Woodcut in-text illustrations, including author portrait on title-page verso.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]4-[gamma]4, a4-z4, A4-Zz4, Aaa6.
Note
Colophon on verso of Aaa5: Basileae excudebat Lodouicus Lucius, Anno uirginei partus, M.D.LIIII. mense Martio.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Note
Includes index following dedicatory epistle.
Provenance
Booklabel recording bequest by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
English 17th century mid brown calf; blind tooled double fillet concentric frames with carnation ornament at outer corners and floral roll around inner frame; outer frame and central panel sprinkled; gold tooled carnation roll on board edges; gold tooled double fillet and ornamentation on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled double fillet and letters; six raised bands; red and green sprinkled edges.
Subject
Science Early works to 1800.
Subject
Machinery Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mathematics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lucius, Ludwig, active 1552 - 1562 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basle.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46800