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mei/00202758 Auct. 2Q 6.21.
[00202758]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 2Q 6.21.
ISTC No.im00795000
AuthorMolitoris, Ulricus
TitleDe lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus
Imprint[Reutlingen : Johann Otmar, not before 10 Jan. 1489]
NoteProvenance: Anonymous sale (London: Sotheby's, 30 May 1840), lot 145; octagonal label, numbered '145' and upside down, at the head of the lower cover.
NoteProvenance: Anonymous sale (London: Sotheby's, 30 May 1840), lot 145; octagonal label, numbered '145' and upside down, at the head of the lower cover.