Contains 21 full-page illustrations depicting the astrological significance of the palm; woodcuts from Ratdolt's undated Venetian edition. Printed on Chancery paper, measuring 20.8 x 13.9 cm; 35 lines to a full page; area of text: 15.7 x 9.7 cm. Includes ornamental woodcut initials. First four leaves of first two gatherings and first five leaves of last gathering are foliated sequentially from 1 to 13. Rubrication in red and woodcut initials hand-colored in red on first page only. Ms. foliation on upper right hand "49"-"74". Binding: modern stiff vellum; contemporary limp vellum wrapper bound in. Title from caption on leaf [a]1r. Imprint from ISTC. Goff, C-464 Hain-Copinger, 4974* = 4972 GW, 6635 BM 15th cent., VII, p. 22 ISTC, ic00464000 Proctor, 6817 Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 3915
Extent
[26] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 22 cm (4to)
Palmistry--Early works to 1800 Astrology--Early works to 1800 Annotations (Provenance)--15th century. (rbprov)
Source
History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Provenance
Extensive contemporary ms. annotations on verso of front limp vellum wrapper, verso of the final leaf and on the recto of rear wrapper, mainly prayers and notes on the zodiac. Purchased from Rosenbach, Feb. 24, 1925.
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