Physical Description:
[60] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20 cm (4to) Imprint:
Stampata a Roma. : [Sixtus Riessinger], Anno .mcccclxxxj.
[1481]. Description:
Italian translation of the Chiromantia. Chancery quarto, with paper
measuring 19.1 x 13.2 cm. Text in two columns. Signatures: [a-c⁸
d⁶ (d6 blank)]. Imperfect: final blank leaf lacking. Binding:
three-quarters vellum with decorated paper. Notes:
Title from caption on leaf [a]1r. Place and date of imprint from
colophon; full colophon reads: Finisse la naturale scie[n]tia
chryro romantica recolta dala diui[n]a academia deli philosophi.
Stampata a Roma. Anno .mcccclxxxj. Printer from ISTC. Mead lists
the printers as "Georg Herolt with Sixtus Riessinger". Goff, C-468
Reichling, 1494 GW, 6644 ISTC, ic00468000 Proctor, 3952.5 Mead,
H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 2195 Subjects:
Palmistry -- Early works to 1800. ; Astrology -- Early works to
1800. Provenance:
Label pasted on leaf [a]1r: Ex libris R. Ambrosini. Purchased from
Vollbehr, February 1926.
