Sold by E. Weil, 1952.; Former owners include: Robert William Duff (bookplate, inside upper cover); Jane Clerk Duff, 1858 (signature, inside upper cover).
Publisher:
[Aberdeen?], 1644-1646.
Relation:
De quatuor humoribus.; Brevis descriptio anatomica corporis humani.; Perutiles quedam observationes ex libro pathologicae.; De externis corporis affectibus.; Optica.; De mensuris.; Historia universalis syntagma.
130 leaves : paper; 183 x 144 (163 x 114) mm bound to 181 x 150 mm
Personal Name:
Fernel, Jean, 1497-1558.; Lundie, John, -1652?; Duff, Robert William, -1834, former owner.; Duff, Jane Clerk, former owner.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Incipit of first work: Corpus humanum potest dividi vel ratione finis vel ratione ... (f. 1r).; Collation: Paper, 130; 1¹⁶( -2), 2-3¹⁶, 4⁸( -1), 5⁸, 6¹⁶, 7⁸, 8¹⁶, 9¹², 10⁸, 11¹²( -1), 12¹², 13¹²( -1), 14¹⁶( -1), 15-16⁸, 17⁸( -2), 18¹², 19¹⁶, 20¹²( -1), 21-22¹⁶, 23⁸( -1); [1-130]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written between 1644 and 1646, possibly in Aberdeen (f. 60r).; Binding: Contemporary parchment; several leaves loose or detached.; Watermark: Pitcher with a tiara topped with a quatrefoil and crescent.; Decoration: Numerous geometrical diagrams (f. 70r to end).; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; A page of densely layered notes (f. 129v) includes phrases in English and the dates 1609 and 1636; notes on another page (f. 130v) refer to Scotland.; Latin.
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