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Henrici Cornelii Agrippae ab Nettesheym, de incertitudine & uanitate scientiarum declamatio inuectiua, denuo ab auto re recognita, & marginalibus annotationibus aucta.

Accession number
PML 2829
Creator
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.
Published
[Cologne] : [Eucharius Cervicornus], [1540]
Description
[200] leaves : illustration (woodcut portrait) ; 16.5 cm (8vo)
Notes
Imprint from VD16.
Signatures: A⁸; a-z⁸ aa⁸.
Morgan copy with lower section of title page cut away (probably former provenance inscription).
Binding
Contemporary calf, gold tooled, for John Stewart (stamped "Ioannes Stevard .C.P.C." with ".DNS. Protector" in central cartouche on front and rear boards), as Prior of Coldingham (Custos Priorem Coldingham).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Northesque" on title page.
Provenance
John Stewart, binding; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1906 with the Mary Stuart collection.
Classification
Century
Department