1 volume<br/>473 pp. + 3 [4] bl. leaves tall 8vo. 21 1/2 x 7 1/2 cm. Original vellum binding, worn: ties wanting. With 116 watercolour illustrations of plants. Some (blank?) leaves have been cut out: one between p. 4 and p. 5, two between p. 62 and p. 63, one between p. 88 and p. 89, p. 102 and p. 103, p. 274 and p. 275, and after p. 473. Page 473 and the last blank leaf are defective, p. 339 has been repaired and the illustration is damaged. Written in a small current French hand. Ornamental initials in red, or red and green, with marginal decorations, headings and paragraph marks in red. There are pen-drawings of grotesque heads, etc. on pages 47, 52, 56, 58, 60, 61, 64. The pagination is modern.

Herbal compendium, with miscellaneous medical and religious texts

1 volume<br/>139 leaves fol. 26 x 18 cm. On vellum, stamped leather binding over wooden boards, damaged and wormed, clasp wanting. Ff. 5, 6, 11, 16, 18 damaged with loss of text: the lower part of fol. 123 cut away. Many leaves rubbed, and stained. Written by severl contemporary gothic hands, probably in Italy. Hand A (folios 1-49) Initials, headings and paragraph marks in red: in double column of 39-43 lines to a column. Hand B (folios 52-59) Ornamental initial on fol. 52 in blue and red, with marginal decoration. Other marginal decorations in blue and red, paragraph marks in alternate blue and red: headings in red. Written in double column 58-74 lines to a column. Hand C, D (folios 61-120) Initials, headings and paragraph marks in red. Written in double column 53 lines to a column. Hand E Initials, headings and paragraph marks in red. Written in double column 45 lines to a column. This section is in slightly shorter format, 24 1/2 x 15 1/2 cm. In the lower margin of foleave 43 are three small pen-drawings of retorts. Foleave 1 'Ad faciem decorandam', and other medical receipts, by a semi-current early 15th century hand. In the lower margin, the word square 'SATOR, AREPO, etc.' Ffolio 1v-2v 'Hec sunt indulgentie sanctorum urbis Rome concesse per multos sanctos pontifices'. By a similar hand.

Collection of Salernitan medical works (Miscellanea Medica V)

1 volume<br/>216 folios 4to. 21 ? 16 cm. Modern crushed morocco-gilt binding by Pagnant, stamped on the sides with a coat of arms, with motto 'Superabo' [? Pe?aranda de Bracamonte]. The last leaf is a fragment only and has been mounted. A foliation in pencil has been added.

Miscellanea XVI

1 volume<br/>224 leaves (last 10 blank). 8vo. 17 ? 121/2 cm. Original vellum binding.

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Herbal compendium, with miscellaneous medical and religious texts

Collection of Salernitan medical works (Miscellanea Medica V)

Miscellanea XVI

Physica