The title page is missing. Vellum bound with text in latin on vellum with hints of blue and red pigment. There is a book-plate adhered to the interior front cover from the Forbes Library, Northampton MA. On one of the fly pages there is a pasted article from a newspaper article, most likely about this book, dated July 1911. The article mentions Andrew Keogh of Yale who examined the book and believes it to be ca. 1566 and part of a Latin church service. The book is a German translation of Antoine Mizault (1520-1578), one of the most celebrated astrologers of his time. The title is believed to be "The 900 Memorable and Wonderful Secrets of Nature". Small 8 vo. Text in German, 500 numbered pages with index.
Bookcase top shelf.
500/1,000 Sold $316.25
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