Tfundament der medicinen ende chyrurgien

clxii leaves : 30 cm Preface dated 1530 Imprint from colophon "Ic hebbe dit boeck wt deser ende dier gelijcke boecken, als Avicenna, Ypocras, Galienus, Vincentius, Serapion, Platearius, Plinius, Diascorides, Pandecta, Joannes Mesue, Paladius, Constantinus, Almanasor, Lanckfranck, Joannes de Vigo, endemeer andere tonsen tijden groot van name niet min gheleert die experientie geleert heeft gemaect ...": leaf iiv (author's preface, dated 1530) "... Een boeck vanden pocken. Hier beghint meester Joannis de Vigo boeck vanden pocken, dyemen dye Fransche siecte noemt, dye ander de Neapelsche, dye andere dye Spaensche pocken" (leaves lxxxvr-xciiir) is a translation of the first two chapters of De morbo gallico et doloribus junctuarum "J[o]nannes van Bourgondien Tractaet van die pestilentie" (leaves xcvr-xcviiv) is a translation of the Latin plague tract beginning: Quoniam omnia inferiora tam elementa quam elementata ..., for which cf. L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A catalogue of incipits of medieval scientific writings in Latin; 2 ed. Cambridge (Mass.), 1963 col. 1290, and D. W. Singer and A. Anderson, Catalogue of Latin and vernacular plague texts. Paris & London, 1950 no. 18. The work is variously associated with the names of Joannes de Burdigalia, Joannes de Burgundia, Joannes ad Barbam Leondiensis and Sir John Mandeville who have been wrongly confused. Cf. J.W. Bennett, the rediscovery of Sir John Mandeville. New York, 1954, ch. 11 Title printed in red and black; text printed in two columns. Ornamental woodcut initials, printed paragraph marks and fists (manicules). Tables on leaves 3r-6r printed in red and black; initials and headings printed in red on leaves 6r-7r. Printer's device at end Signatures: A² B-K⁶ L⁴ M-Z⁶ ²A-²E⁶ NLM copy, illustrations of urine flasks on leaves D3r-D5r hand-colored in greens, reds, and browns NLM copy, underlinings and occasional manuscript annotations throughout Condition reviewed 20200210 digitized. 2020