Isidorus Hispalensis. ETYMOLOGIAE. [STRASSBURG: JOHANN MENTELIN, C. 1473] Royal folio (408 x 265mm.), 141 leaves (of 142, without initial blank), double column, 51 lines, Gothic letter, 3- to 8-line initials supplied in red, some with green penwork decoration, red paraphs and initial-strokes, running titles supplied in red, [c]2 and [m]1 with small diagrams supplied in red, woodcut illustrations including a T-O world map, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, nineteenth-century lettering-piece on spine, inscription of a Strassburg physician at end, some small wormholes in text and binding, first few leaves damaged and repaired at foot (not affecting text), slight waterstaining, binding repaired with new endpapers, ?new wooden boards, lacking bosses and clasps
Isidorus Hispalensis. ETYMOLOGIAE. [STRASSBURG: JOHANN MENTELIN, C. 1473] Royal folio (408 x 265mm.), 141 leaves (of 142, without initial blank), double column, 51 lines, Gothic letter, 3- to 8-line initials supplied in red, some with green penwork decoration, red paraphs and initial-strokes, running titles supplied in red, [c]2 and [m]1 with small diagrams supplied in red, woodcut illustrations including a T-O world map, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, nineteenth-century lettering-piece on spine, inscription of a Strassburg physician at end, some small wormholes in text and binding, first few leaves damaged and repaired at foot (not affecting text), slight waterstaining, binding repaired with new endpapers, ?new wooden boards, lacking bosses and clasps
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