statement of responsibility: ex ms. Codice Dubliniensi, cum aliis quibusdam collato, nunc primum edidit S. Jebb, M.D

Large paper issue

"Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 220 copies printed on crown and 30 on royal"--ESTC

Title page printed in red and black

The leaves of plates include two numbered illustrations (I and II; both signed "Clark sc.") and one unnumbered table

Subscription list: p. [27]-[29], first sequence

Errors in paging: numbers 97-100 are repeated in the pagination; numbers 101-104 are omitted

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; side-notes

Press figures

Signatures: [A]² a-e² f²(-f2) g² B-6G²

The final leaf (6G2) is blank; present in the Dibner Library copy

citation/reference: Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.), 76

citation/reference: ESTC (online) T128058

Includes bibliographical references and index

Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.)

ESTC (online)

This work summarizes what was known in the Middle Ages of physical science and laid down the principals on which it, as well as philosophy and literature, should be studied

SCDIRB copy 39088000222356 has a later gilt-tooled full spattered leather binding stamped on the covers and spine with the name and arms of Hudson Gurney, with raised bands and red sprinkled edges. Hudson Gurney's autograph in ink is on the front paste-down endpaper, along with a handwritten note in pencil: Large paper copy rare

SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Herald of Science no. 76

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