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mei/02144228 Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.12 [02144228]

Glasgow, University Library (GB) : Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.12

ISTC No.ii00166000
AuthorInstitoris, Henricus and Jacobus Sprenger
TitleMalleus maleficarum
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 Mar. 1494
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-canon
Keywordsinquisition; theology-practical; female; demonology
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02144228
Holding InstitutionGlasgow, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSp Coll Ferguson An-y.12
NoteAn-y.12
NoteVariant: colophon, lines 5 & 6: where {34}... Nurber-/gen.{34} lacks contraction sign over {34}n{34} as in BM 15th cent., not with contraction sign as in Polain(B) 2124.
Size of leaves225 × 169 mm
Electronic ReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Other IdentifierI3 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)

Provenance 1827-1905

Provenance nameCohn, Albert, Bookseller (Berlin), 1827-1905 [Person] Sold book to John Ferguson.
Ferguson, John, 1837-1916 [Person] Ms. acquisition notes.
NoteAlbert Cohn (1827-1905), bookseller, Berlin: sold book to John Ferguson

Provenance 1837-1916

Provenance nameFerguson, John, 1837-1916 [Person] Ms. acquisition notes.
University of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteJohn Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: purchased from Cohn, 4 June 1880; Ferguson's pencil acquisition note on front pastedown "JF 4.VI.80 Cohn"

Provenance

PlaceGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
Areae-uk-st
Provenance nameUniversity of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteUniversity of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921.
Binding noteBinding: Germany, 15th/16th-century quarter blind-tooled calf over bevelled wooden boards; leather on front board tooled vertically with two fillets to enclose a row of a repeated lozenge-shaped stamp with a floral motif, and bordered at the right by a row of a repeated fleur-de-lys stamp; leather on rear board is tooled to a similar design but decorated with different stamps - a square stamp containing a quatrefoil and a lozenge-shaped stamp containing a unicorn(?); nails and nail holes are surviving evidence of a single clasp now lost; title in ink on exposed wooden part of front board; blue paper pastedowns (18th century?); rebacked with calf in the 19th century. Size: 235 x 171 mm.
Decoration NoteDecoration: initials, capital strokes, paragraph marks and underlining supplied in red throughout; hyphens frequently supplied in red at line endings.
Manuscript notesAnnotations: occasional early marginal annotations in red ink; "Laus deo" in red ink at end of colophon; unread 18th-century(?) annotation in German(?) on rear pastedown; on title-page is a partially erased pencil circle bisected horizontally, the upper half containing the number "1114", the lower half "4o", together with other (unread) erasures.

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00

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  02144228

Glasgow, University Library (GB) : Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.12

ISTC No.ii00166000
AuthorInstitoris, Henricus and Jacobus Sprenger
TitleMalleus maleficarum
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 Mar. 1494
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-canon
Keywordsinquisition; theology-practical; female; demonology
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02144228
Holding InstitutionGlasgow, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSp Coll Ferguson An-y.12
NoteAn-y.12
NoteVariant: colophon, lines 5 & 6: where {34}... Nurber-/gen.{34} lacks contraction sign over {34}n{34} as in BM 15th cent., not with contraction sign as in Polain(B) 2124.
Size of leaves225 × 169 mm
Electronic ReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Other IdentifierI3 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)

Provenance

Provenance nameCohn, Albert, Bookseller (Berlin), 1827-1905 [Person] Sold book to John Ferguson.
Ferguson, John, 1837-1916 [Person] Ms. acquisition notes.
NoteAlbert Cohn (1827-1905), bookseller, Berlin: sold book to John Ferguson

Provenance

Provenance nameFerguson, John, 1837-1916 [Person] Ms. acquisition notes.
University of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteJohn Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: purchased from Cohn, 4 June 1880; Ferguson's pencil acquisition note on front pastedown "JF 4.VI.80 Cohn"

Provenance

PlaceGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
Areae-uk-st
Provenance nameUniversity of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteUniversity of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921.
Binding noteBinding: Germany, 15th/16th-century quarter blind-tooled calf over bevelled wooden boards; leather on front board tooled vertically with two fillets to enclose a row of a repeated lozenge-shaped stamp with a floral motif, and bordered at the right by a row of a repeated fleur-de-lys stamp; leather on rear board is tooled to a similar design but decorated with different stamps - a square stamp containing a quatrefoil and a lozenge-shaped stamp containing a unicorn(?); nails and nail holes are surviving evidence of a single clasp now lost; title in ink on exposed wooden part of front board; blue paper pastedowns (18th century?); rebacked with calf in the 19th century. Size: 235 x 171 mm.
Decoration NoteDecoration: initials, capital strokes, paragraph marks and underlining supplied in red throughout; hyphens frequently supplied in red at line endings.
Manuscript notesAnnotations: occasional early marginal annotations in red ink; "Laus deo" in red ink at end of colophon; unread 18th-century(?) annotation in German(?) on rear pastedown; on title-page is a partially erased pencil circle bisected horizontally, the upper half containing the number "1114", the lower half "4o", together with other (unread) erasures.

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00