Adamantii Sophistae Physiognomonicon, id est De naturae indicijs cognoscendis libri duo /

Adamantii Sophistae Physiognomonicon, id est De naturae indicijs cognoscendis libri duo /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Adamant, author.
Uniform title:	Physiognomonica. Latin
Imprint:	Basileae : Per Robertum VVinter, anno MDXLIIII [1544]
Description:	203, [5] pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Language:	Latin Ancient Greek
Subject:	Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800. Physiognomy. Early works. Sammelbands (Provenance) Expurgated copies (Provenance)
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy has binding error: pages 119-120 bound before page 117 and pages 123-124 bound before page 121. University of Chicago Library's copy is number 1 of 3 titles bound together; bound with: [2]. Cassius Iatrosophista. Iatrikai aporiai kai problemata peri zōōn kai tetrapodōn Kassiou Iatrosophōu = Cassii Medici De animalibus quaestiones medicinales. [Paris] : [Edmée Tousan], 1541; [3]. Giraldi, Lilio Gregorio. Lilii Gregorii Gir. Ferr. libellus, quomodo quis ingrati crimen & nome[n] possit effugere, in quo de gratiis pleráque cognitu digna exponuntur. Florentiae : [Lorenzo Torrentino], 1547. University of Chicago Library's copy forms part of the Berlin Collection. Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1259199

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Physiognomonicon, id est De naturae indicijs cognoscendis libri duo
Other uniform titles:	Cornarius, Janus, 1500-1558. Plutarch. Adamant. Physiognomonica. Winter, Robert, -approximately 1553, Polemo, Antonius, approximately 88-145. Physiognomica. Berlin Collection.
Provenance:	Former owners' manuscript annotations in 2[?] hands. Expurgated copy[?]; multiple instances of Janus Cornarius' name appear to have be blacked out with ink; damage from the ink has created holes in the pages which were later mended with strips of paper.
Notes:	An epitome of the Physiognomica of Antonius Polemo. The translations from Plutarch are from the De Stoicorum repugnantiis and the Quaestiones convivales. Signatures: A-N⁸. Initials; printer's device at end. Last leaf blank. Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), entry A 203 Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum, page 3 Catalogue of sixteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, 39

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Call Number:	PA3820.A4P6 1544
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