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Albertvs Magnvs de secretis mvliervm. : item De virtvtibus herbarvm lapidvm et animalivm.

Accession number
PML 129400
Published
Amstelodami : Apud Iodocum Ianssonium, A[nn]o. 1643.
Credit line
Bequest; Curt F. Bühler.
Notes
Engraved title-page.
Signatures: A-P12, Q9.
De secretis mulierum, De virtutibus herbarum (Liber aggregationis), and De mirabilibus mundi are falsely attributed to Albertus Magnus. Cf. Deutscher Gesamtkat. Also attributed to Henricus de Saxonia.
"Alberti Magni de mirabilibus mundi": pp. 175-223; "Michaelis Scoti rerum naturalium perscrutatoris proeomium, in secreta naturae": pp. 224-366.
"Some of these women's secrets are very quaint. In Chap. VIII p. 107 he describes a number of signs by which the sex of the child in the womb is said to be indicated."--Cf. notes on flyleaf.
Includes index.
"Alberti Magni"--Spine label.
Bühler, Lib. 82.
Description
366, [10] p., [1] leaf (blank) ; 13 cm (12mo)
Provenance
From the library of Curt F. Bühler.
Binding
Full calf.
Classification
Department