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<dl><dd>clii, [8] leaves (last blank) : 18 cm. (4to)</dd>
<dd>A popular compendium of useful information for physical and spiritual health. Includes remedies, bloodletting and astrological advice, symptoms of impending death and how to spiritually prepare for it</dd>
<dd>Imprint from Goff</dd>
<dd>Colophon reads: Gedruckt vnd säligklich vollendet in der keyserlichen stat Augspurg von Hannsen Schönsperger. Als man zelt nach Cristi geburt. tausent. vierhundert. vnnd in dem dreüundneünczigisten jare</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-v⁸; (v8 blank)</dd>
<dd>Printed on Chancery-quarto size paper; 27 lines, plus headline, to a full page; area of text: 132 (137) x 89 mm. Includes a large woodcut initial on leaf a2r and printed paragraph marks. With signatures and foliation; without catchwords. Table of contents on [8] leaves at end. Rubrication not called for</dd>
<dd>Full-page woodcut on leaf a1r: a dying man lies in bed; above him, an angel receives his spirit; at left, a cleric places a lit candle in the man's hands, a woman standing behind him holds a handkerchief to her face; at right, a woman sits in prayer</dd>
<dd>NLM copy, leaf size: 175 x 124 mm</dd>
<dd>NLM copy, imperfect: leaf v8 (blank) wanting</dd>
<dd>Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm</dd>
<dd>Purchase; F. Thomas Heller</dd>
<dd>NLM copy, ownership inscription of Ruprecht W-----, dated Oct. 1600, on leaf a1r</dd>
<dd>NLM copy, bound in half black-stamped dark brown calf, with date 1680, over boards covered in a rubricated ecclesiastical manuscript leaf written in black in two columns; rebacked; with four leather ties on fore-edge, restored; endpapers (pasted upside-down) from early work on St. Catharine, printed in two columns and rubricated</dd>
<dd>Exhibited: "The Cradle-Books: Illustrated Incunabula, Showcases Treasures from the Infancy of Printing," HMD Reading Room, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., May 10-June 17, 2010</dd>
<dd>Condition reviewed 20171121</dd>
<dd>digitized. 2018</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Medicine; Hygiene; Therapeutics; Astrology; Humoralism</div>
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