Scot, Michael [ca. 1175-ca. 1234]. Or Theobald Anguilbert or Konrad von Halberstadt, the Younger

Mensa philosophica, seu Enchiridion, in quo de quaestionibus mensalibus philosophice agitur. Auctore Michaele Scoto. Pro cuius maiori venustate accessit Libellus iocorum & facetiarum, olim opera Othomari Luscinii concinnatus .

      Typis Wolffgangi Richteri, Sumptibus Nicolai Steinii, Frankfurt - First printed in 1476, this edition contains a substantial supplement by Luscinius and is edited by Nicolaus Steinius. Title, 11 ll prefatory and index, 294pp. [Scotus] and a further 395-527pp. of additional material, all pp. within frame lines, occ. woodcut initials and final woodcut of angel holding a cartouche, 'SCUTO BONAE VOLUNTATIS,' 12MO. The work is a compendium of medieval lore around eating, nutrition, and even jokes told at table. Contemporary full calf, gilt borders to boards with central ornament, spine with three raised band and floral motifs. Formerly in the possession of the Westbury family, with bookplate. Complete with 527 pp., title page, preliminaries and index. Only two opies located in US: Johns Hopkins & NYAcadMed, three in Britain: Aberdeen, Glasgow and NLScot: no copy in Canada.