Ein nuczliche materi von der versehunge. leyb. sel. ere. vnd gut

clii, [8] leaves (last blank) : 18 cm. (4to) A popular compendium of useful information for physical and spiritual health. Includes remedies, bloodletting and astrological advice, symptoms of impending death and how to spiritually prepare for it Imprint from Goff Colophon reads: Gedruckt vnd säligklich vollendet in der keyserlichen stat Augspurg von Hannsen Schönsperger. Als man zelt nach Cristi geburt. tausent. vierhundert. vnnd in dem dreüundneünczigisten jare Signatures: a-v⁸; (v8 blank) Printed on Chancery-quarto size paper; 27 lines, plus headline, to a full page; area of text: 132 (137) x 89 mm. Includes a large woodcut initial on leaf a2r and printed paragraph marks. With signatures and foliation; without catchwords. Table of contents on [8] leaves at end. Rubrication not called for Full-page woodcut on leaf a1r: a dying man lies in bed; above him, an angel receives his spirit; at left, a cleric places a lit candle in the man's hands, a woman standing behind him holds a handkerchief to her face; at right, a woman sits in prayer NLM copy, leaf size: 175 x 124 mm NLM copy, imperfect: leaf v8 (blank) wanting Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm Purchase; F. Thomas Heller NLM copy, ownership inscription of Ruprecht W-----, dated Oct. 1600, on leaf a1r NLM copy, bound in half black-stamped dark brown calf, with date 1680, over boards covered in a rubricated ecclesiastical manuscript leaf written in black in two columns; rebacked; with four leather ties on fore-edge, restored; endpapers (pasted upside-down) from early work on St. Catharine, printed in two columns and rubricated Exhibited: "The Cradle-Books: Illustrated Incunabula, Showcases Treasures from the Infancy of Printing," HMD Reading Room, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., May 10-June 17, 2010 Condition reviewed 20171121 digitized. 2018