Author: Scot, Michael, ca. 1175-ca. 1234 Short Title: Physionomia (1485) Title: Liber phisionomie Magistri Michaelis Scoti. Imprint: Cologne: [Johann Guldenschaff, between 1480 and 1485] Comments and Notes: Place of publication and name of publisher from Goff. Approximate dates of publication given as "c. 1480" in Reichling, "c. 1483" in Copinger, and "about 1485" in Goff. Incipit (leaf a4 recto) reads: Incipit Liber phisionomie: quem co[m]pilauit magister Michael Scotus ad preces domini Frederici Romano[rum] imperatoris ... Colophon (leaf i6 verso) reads: Michaelis Scoti De procreatione et homi[ni]s phisionomia opus feliciter finit. Signatures: a-g8 h-i6. Leaves printed on both sides, 26-27 lines per page. Spaces left for initials. Imperfect copy: leaves b1-b8 wanting. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Illegible ms. notes on final p. Decorated printed paperboard binding; binder's title reads: Michael Scotus, Physionomiae, c. 1483. Smithsonian Call Number: BF840 .S42 1480 ISTC Goff Hain-Copinger GW Proctor Polain UKBYIM00553000-B M-0553         Author: Scot, Michael, ca. 1175-ca. 1234 Short Title: Physionomia (1486) Title: Incipit liber phisionomiae / quem compilauit Magister Michael Scotus ad preces D. Federici Romanorum imperatoris. Imprint: Venice: [Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis, between 1486 and 1499] Comments and Notes: Title from incipit (leaf a4 recto). Imprint from Goff. Colophon (leaf f7 verso) reads: Michaelis Scoti De procreatione & hominis phisionomia opus feliciter finit. Signatures: a-f8. Leaves printed on both sides; 32 lines per page. Leaves a1 and f8 are blank. Spaces left for initials. Imperfect copy: Leaf f7 wanting, replaced by photocopies; leaves a1 and f8 (both blank) are wanting; the lettering on leaves e1 and e2 differs greatly from the rest of the text, indicating that these leaves may have been recopied (perhaps by hand) and inserted later. Initial letter of incipit supplied in red and black ink. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Old ms. annotations in ink; some affected by cropped margins. Old limp vellum binding; title inked on spine; in modern buckram box. Smithsonian Call Number: BF840 .S42 1486 ISTC Goff Hain-Copinger GW Proctor Polain   M-0557   0 0 0 Author: Scot, Michael, ca. 1175-ca. 1234 Short Title: Super auctorem spherae (1495) Title: Eximij atq[ue] excellentissimi physicoru[m] motuum cursusq[ue] syderei indagatoris Michaelis Scoti Sup[er] auctor[em] Sperae cu[m] questionibus diligenter emendatis incipit expositio [con]fecta illustrissimi imp[er]atoris D[omi]ni D. Fedrici precibus. Imprint: Bologna: [Justinianus de Ruberia, 16 Sept. 1495] Comments and Notes: A commentary on the Sphaera mundi of Sacro Bosco. The attribution to Scot is questioned. Cf. Dict. scientific biog. Imprint from Goff. Colophon (leaf i4 recto) reads: Impressum fuit hoc opus diligenter in alma ciuitate Bononiae regnante inclyto principe. Domino D. Ioanne Secundo Bentiuolo per Iustinianum de Ruberia. Mcccclxxxxv. die xvi. Setembris. Signatures: a8 b-i4. Leaves printed on both sides; 38 lines per page. Initials; guide-letters; side-notes; printer's device on final p. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Coat of arms (unidentified) painted at bottom of leaf a1 recto. Ms. notes concerning the background of this work pencilled on front free endpaper, attributed to Charles Singer. Old limp vellum binding with thong ties; title inked on spine. Smithsonian Call Number: QB41 .S42 1495 ISTC Goff Hain-Copinger GW Proctor Polain UKBYIM00550000-B M-0550