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<dl><dd>Dibner Library copy is imperfect, with the title and colophon leaves wanting. Title and imprint information taken from the OCLC and Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke records for this edition</dd>
<dd>Leaf [1a] (t. p.) : Liber de arte distillandi, de simplicibus. Das Buch der rechten Kunst zu distilieren die eintzigë Ding von Hieronymo Brunschwygk, bürtig vn̄ Wund Artzot der keiserlichē fryē Statt Strassburg</dd>
<dd>Leaves printed on both sides</dd>
<dd>Text in double columns, with 46 or 47 lines per page</dd>
<dd>Initials</dd>
<dd>Illustrated with numerous woodcuts</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-D8 E-Z6 2A-2O6</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Hain 4021</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Hain-Copinger 4021</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: GW 5595</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Proctor 493</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 37</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Stillwell, M.B.  Incunabula in American libraries (1940 ed.), B1089</dd>
<dd>Hain</dd>
<dd>Hain-Copinger</dd>
<dd>GW</dd>
<dd>Proctor</dd>
<dd>Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.)</dd>
<dd>Stillwell, M.B. Incunabula in American libraries (1940 ed.)</dd>
<dd>SCDIRB copy 39088002403905 is imperfect, with many leaves wanting, including the first 16 prelimary leaves and the last 2 leaves at end. Leaves apparently present in the volume (this is not always clear) include: C1-D8, E1-H6, I1, I3, K3-K5[?], L2-L6, M1-O6, Q1-Q2, Q4-Q6, R1-S6, T[2-T6?], V1-V5, X1-Z6, 2A1-2B5[?], 2C1-2N6, 2O1-2O4. Severe cropping affects text, esp. headers and foliation</dd>
<dd>SCDIRB copy has old hand-coloring on some of the woodcuts</dd>
<dd>SCDIRB copy has handwritten inscription in ink on front free endpaper: Ex libris Ludovici Choulant, Dresdae, 1828. With handwritten notes in pencil and ink in various hands on endpapers and in margins. A partially legible ownership stamp on the first leaf of text in the volume reads: G. M[unsch?], Köln a. RH</dd>
<dd>SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Herald of Science no. 37, Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner</dd>
<dd>SCDIRB copy has an old blue paperboard binding, with partially-removed gilt-stamp of an unidentified former owner on front and back covers (with crown emblem remaining; repeated in a partially-erased stamp on first page of text in volume), and a later hand-written paper spine label. Housed in a later gray cloth slipcase</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Early works to 1800; Distillation; Pharmacy; Botany, Medical; Distillation apparatus; Herbals</div>
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<dl><dd>Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512</dd>
<dd>Grüninger, Johann, d. 1532?, publisher</dd>
<dd>Choulant, Ludwig, 1791-1861, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Burndy Library, donor. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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