Author
Lentulus, Paulus, approximately 1560-1613
Title
Historia admiranda, de prodigiosa Apolloniæ Schreieræ, virginis in agro Bernensi, inedia; / a Paullo Lentulo medicinæ doctore, ac illustris, et potentis reipub. Bernensis ciue, ac physico ordinario; tribus narrationibus comprehensa: cui, ab eodem, complurium etiam aliorum, de eiusmodi prodigiosis inediis, doctissimorum, nec non fide dignissimorum virorum narrationes, & ingeniosissimæ commentationes adiunctæ; et nunc recens in eorum gratiam, qui mirandorum Dei, atque Naturæ operum cognoscendorum studio tenentur, in lucem editæ sunt..
Varying form of title
Historia admiranda, de prodigiosa Apolloniae Schreierae, virginis in agro Bernensi, inedia
Imprint
Bernæ Heluetiorum, : Excudebat Ioannes le Preux, illust. DD. Bernensium typographus., Anno M.D. C. IIII. [1604]
Physical description
[36], 211, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (port.) ; 20 cm (4to)
Note
Part 1. No more published.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf.
Note
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Note
Signatures: [paragraph]-4[paragraph]⁴ 5[paragraph]² A-2C⁴ 2D².
Note
Errata on leaf 2D2r.
Note
Head- and tail-pieces, initials, marginal notes.
Citation/references note
CLC, L745
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century; primary stab-stitching; parchment wrapper attached to text block with three tawed leather thongs; title in ink on spine; later spine label with title; date 1604 at tail of spine.
Subject
Schreier, Apollonia
Subject
Curiosities and wonders Switzerland Bern Early works to 1800.
Subject
Fasting Early works to 1800.
Subject
Anorexia Early works to 1800.
Subject
Appetite disorders Early works to 1800.
Subject
Medicine Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Le Preux, Jean, active 1600-1614 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Bern.
B14388
UKSbSC
20230118163800.2