237 folios. The folios are numbered as pages 1-429 (=fo. 1-181); the rest are not numbered (=fo. 182-237).<br/>4to. 18.7 ? 15 cm. Modern binding.

Memorandum and Common-place Book

1 volume<br/>175 folios folio. 29 x 20 cm. Original stamped calf binding over wooden boards, much worn. Two leather and metal clasps wanting, as also 5 out of the ten brass bosses on the outside of the covers. Lower margin of the penultimate leaf cut away: lower margin of the first leaf reparied. The last leaf is pasted down on to the cover. Written in a neat book hand 27-29 lines to a page. Ornamental initial in red and blue, with marginal decorations on foleave 1: other capitals and headings in red.  Produced in Florence.

Compendium of veterinary medicine

1 volume<br/>4 bl. leaves + 62 ff. + 15 bl. leaves 4to. 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 cm. Original limp vellum covers. On foleave 50v is a pen-drawing of the 'Segnio di Salomone' in an unusual form.

Libro dell'infirmita dei cavalli; Delle cure de' bovi; and Libro delle ricette per li homini et donne

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Memorandum and Common-place Book

Compendium of veterinary medicine

Libro dell'infirmita dei cavalli; Delle cure de' bovi; and Libro delle ricette per li homini et donne