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VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS. Speculum Naturale [Strassburg: The R-Printer (Adolph Rusch), not after 15 June 1476].
2 volumes, imperial 2° (455 x 316mm). Collation: volume I: [1-210 38 4-1210 138 14-1910 208 21-3010 31-328 33-3810] (1/1 blank, 1/2r title, text and tables of contents, 38/10 blank). 368 (of 370) leaves (without first and final blanks); volume II: [398 40-5210 536 548 55-7010 71-728] (39/8r table of contents, 40/1r text, 72/8 blank). 327 leaves (of 328, without final blank). 695 (of 698) leaves in total. 66 lines, double column. Type: 2:100G (semigothic). 12-line initial spaces opening each book, 3- to
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL HISTORY. Vincent of Beauvais was a renowned encyclopaedist of the Middle Ages. His most notable work was the Speculum majus, a great compendium of all the knowledge available to the Middle Ages, which consisted of 3 parts - Speculum Naturale, Doctrinale and Historiale; an anonymous Speculum Morale often joined the three parts as a later accretion. The Speculum Naturale, which is divided into 32 books and 3718 chapters, is a summary of all the natural history known to western Europe towards the middle of the 13th-century. It incorporates passages from Latin, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew authors and deals with the various subject matters according to the order of their creation. Topics covered are time, the four elements, plants and herbs, fishes, the zodiac, and the psychology and anatomy of man. BMC I 64 (I.C 682); Polain (B) 3947; IGI 10323; Goff V-V292. (2)
2 volumes, imperial 2° (455 x 316mm). Collation: volume I: [1-210 38 4-1210 138 14-1910 208 21-3010 31-328 33-3810] (1/1 blank, 1/2r title, text and tables of contents, 38/10 blank). 368 (of 370) leaves (without first and final blanks); volume II: [398 40-5210 536 548 55-7010 71-728] (39/8r table of contents, 40/1r text, 72/8 blank). 327 leaves (of 328, without final blank). 695 (of 698) leaves in total. 66 lines, double column. Type: 2:100G (semigothic). 12-line initial spaces opening each book, 3- to
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL HISTORY. Vincent of Beauvais was a renowned encyclopaedist of the Middle Ages. His most notable work was the Speculum majus, a great compendium of all the knowledge available to the Middle Ages, which consisted of 3 parts - Speculum Naturale, Doctrinale and Historiale; an anonymous Speculum Morale often joined the three parts as a later accretion. The Speculum Naturale, which is divided into 32 books and 3718 chapters, is a summary of all the natural history known to western Europe towards the middle of the 13th-century. It incorporates passages from Latin, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew authors and deals with the various subject matters according to the order of their creation. Topics covered are time, the four elements, plants and herbs, fishes, the zodiac, and the psychology and anatomy of man. BMC I 64 (I.C 682); Polain (B) 3947; IGI 10323; Goff V-V292. (2)
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