Angelicus, Bartholomeus

De proprietatibus rerum

      Nuremberg, May 30, 1483.(Hain-c 2506; BMC II, 425; Goff B-137).In folio; contemporary half vellum over wooden boards. Rests of clasps, 268 leaves (complete including first & last blanks), text in two columns, partly rubricated.Minor, marginal restorations to first six and last ten leaves.Good, original copy of the book.*Anglicus encyclopedia of (mediaeval) knowledge, written for the common people, was highly popular and successful (this is its eighth edition, the first by Koberger). The first edition appeared in 1470. It treats natural history, geography, medicine, cosmology, metereology, medicine, music etc etc.#[531]