Volume 2

Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets : Six papers read to the Archæological society of Glasgow April 1882-January 1888 / by John Ferguson.

  • John Ferguson
Date:
1895-1915
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Credit: Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets : Six papers read to the Archæological society of Glasgow April 1882-January 1888 / by John Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The copy of this translation in the British Museum (520, a. 12) was published by Stayner in 1530, in 4to. It seems to be different, for the collation given in the Catalogue is ff. 46, whereas my copy has ff. 48. There is a translation also in French, but I have not seen either of these editions. 6. Do as one will it seems impossible to escape from Albertus Magnus and his two books of Secrets. In the previous Supplement I thought I was done with him for the time being, but, since its issue, another has put itself in evidence. The two treatises are in one volume, printed uniformly; but as they have distinct title pages and separate signatures and pagination, they are virtually independent, and I do not doubt may sometimes be met with detached from each other. Alberti | Magni | Specvlvm | Astronomiae: | Nvnc Primvm E | m.f. Codice in lucem edi- | turn. | Praemittvntvr Avtem | eiufdem Authoris libelli, | De Virtvtibvs Herba- | rum, Lapidum, animalium quorun- | dam, Item de mirabilibus mundi, de | quibufdam effectibus caufatis a | quibufdam animali- | bus, &c. | Lvgdvni | Anno MDC.xv. 241110. Signatures A to G in twelves; or pp. 168 (misprinted 166). The Liber Aggregations, which treats of plants, stones, and animals, with the de mirabilibus mundi, occupies to p. 115. The Speculum Astronomiae fills up the rest. This tract is a novel addition, and I have not met it before along with the Liber Aggregationis. 7. The other treatise has the following title: Alberti | Magni | De Secretis | Mvliervm Libel- | lvs, Scholiis | auctus, & a mendis re- | purgatus. | Cum Indice locupletiffimo. | Lvgdvni | Anno m.dc.xv. | 24mo. Signatures A to G in twelves. Gil and 12 are blank; or pp. 164 (mis- printed 166), [4 blank]. There is nothing noticeable about this edition. There is a copy in the British Museum, 1175 a< 2 (2)- 8. [May, 1898. In 1884 (Part III., p. 213, Reprint, p. 28) I referred to a book entitled Ein Newer Albertus Magnus, printed at Frankfurt, by Weygandt Han, without date. In a note the similarity between a section of it with its illustrations and the work of Thomas Raynalde, The Birth of Mankinde, was pointed out.