Shelfmark
Gc.5.19
Author
Uniform title
[Commentarius de praecipuis divinationum generibus]
Title
Commentarius de præcipuis diuinationum generibus, in quo a prophetijs diuina autoritate traditis, et physicis prædictionibus, separantur diabolicæ fraudes & superstitiosæ obseruationes, & explicantur fontes ac causæ physicarum prædictionum, diabolicæ & superstitiosæ confutatæ damnantur, ea serie, quam tabula indicis vice præfixa ostendit. Autore Casparo Peucero..
Varying form of title
Commentarivs de præcipvis divinationvm generibvs
Varying form of title
Commentarius de praecipuis diuinationum generibus
Publication, distribution, etc.
VVittebergæ : Typis excudebat Iohannes Crato, M.D.LIII. [1553]
Physical description
335, [1] leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Language
Text predominantly in Latin with small sections in Greek.
Note
Printer's name from colophon which is dated: '1 Aprilis 1553.'
Note
Signatures: A-Z⁸, a-t⁸ (leaves A7-8 blank).
Note
Woodcut vignette on title page (printer's device?); woodcut initials.
Note
Text printed in Italic type.
Note
Errata: f. 335v.
Note
Folded plate = letterpress table.
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Provenance
Early annotations in Latin on endpapers, including reference to Erasmus.
Provenance
Faint inscription inside lower board includes: "liber collegii beate" [rest obscured by annotations].
Binding
Contemporary English blind-panelled calf; remains of leather ties; four raised bands; later red leather spine label; manuscript waste vellum used in front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fg.7.06.
Subject
Divination Early works to 1800.
Subject
Prophecies Early works to 1800.
Subject
Witchcraft Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Krafft, Johann, ? - 1578 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Wittenberg.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B49237