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ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS. Etymologiae

[with De summo bono]. Full-page woodcut tree of consanguinity on 2f5v. 99 (of 100) leaves; lacks final register leaf. Folio, 286x205 mm, modern 1/2 vellum; scattered stains including 2 on title, lower outer quarter of 2k6 torn with substantial text loss. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, 11 December 1493

  • Notes: Sixth edition of an early 7th-century attempt at an encyclopedia of human knowledge, originally published in 1472. "It served as a model for later encyclopedias and its influence on mediaeval thought was very great" (Sarton). BMC V, 442; Goff I186; Sarton I, 471.

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