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Description: Title and imprint from colophon. Register on the recto of leaf pi1 begins: Hÿe hebet sich an das Register des nachuolgenden arczneibüchs. Foliation error: leaf C misnumbered as Lxxxxix on its recto but correctly on its verso; numerous other foliation errors. Signatures: pi⁴ [a-k¹⁰]. Binding: speckled calf; rebacked.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1479
Call number: 622211
Creator: Ortolf(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions: 25 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Sorg, Anton, (active 15th century,)
Associated organization: Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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