Library copy is 441 of 987. IaU Title and imprint from notary sheet inserted on verso of last leaf. Facsimile edition of British Library manuscript Sloane 4016, a medicinal herbal, consisting primarily of illustrations; manuscript produced in northern Italy, perhaps approximately 1440. Cf. British Library Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts (viewed online 17 Feb. 2012); Jones, P.M. Medieval medical miniatures, c1984, plate vii, page 90; Backhouse, J. The illuminated manuscript, 1979, page 52. Limited edition of 987 copies numbered in arabic numerals, with an additional 77 copies (not for sale) numbered in roman numerals. Leaves illustrated on both sides; the first 4 and last 3 leaves blank except for information added later to the manuscript (preliminary leaf 1a, preliminary leaf 4a and 4b) or to the published edition (notary sheet, on last leaf verso). Issued in a case (40 cm).
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