Notes: | Authorship of the Pretiosa margarita novella, the main treatise of this collection, is attributed on leaf 1r to Petrus Bonus of Ferrara. Cf. George Sarton, Introduction to the history of science, v. 3, pt. 1, p. 750-752; and, Lynn Thorndike, A history of magic and experimental science, v. 3 (1934), ch. IX, p. [147]-162, "The precious new pearl of Petrus Bonus Lombardus of Ferrara." Place of publication and publisher from colophon. Printer's device on t.p. and verso of last leaf. Errata: leaf [15] (3rd group). Ferguson, J. Bibliotheca chemica, II, p. 2 Microfiche. Naples, Fla. : NewsBank, [2000]. 10 microfiches. (Landmarks II).
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