Secreta mulierum et viroru[m]

[44] leaves ; 13 cm. (8vo) Text, with commentary Attributed to Albertus Magnus in the text, but authorship is doubtful Colophon reads: Hec impressa sunt parisij per Johannem lambert impressorem librorum Woodcut printer's device on t.p.: two monkeys seated at the base of a tree; a blank armorial shield hangs from the branches of the tree. Renouard states that this device, the same except for the word "Felix" printed in the shield, passed from Felix Baligault, Parisian libraire-imprimeur, active 1492-1503, to Jean Lambert, "qui emploie telle quelle jusqu'en 1506, puis efface le mot Felix". Cf. Renouard, Ph. Les marques typographiques parisiennes des XVe et XVIe siècles. Paris, 1928: nos. 29 and 541 Date from ISTC. Printer's device on title page used in book published by J. Lambert in 1511. Cf. A. Claudin, Hist. de l'imprimerie en France, v. 2, p. 233 Signatures: [A]-E⁸ F⁴ Printed on Chancery size paper, 33 lines to a full page; area of text: 107 x 71 mm. Some decorative woodcut initials, some printed Lombard initials, one initial space on leaf A5v; printed paragraph marks and marginalia Not in Durling NLM copy, leaf size: 130 x 92 mm NLM copy, ms. note on page facing t.p.: Il y a 4. traités dans ce volume. Secreta mulierum. Schola Salernitana. Macer Floridus de vertutibus herbarum. Mirabilia Romana urbis; ms. note on t.p.: Secousti 10 p Purchase; Condition reviewed 20190626 digitized. 2019