DE SECRETIS MULIERUM ET VIRORUM. by ALBERTUS MAGNUS (attributed to).: - 1502

Leipzig, Melchior Lotter, 1502.. Early edition 1502, Latin text, small 4to, approximately 205 x 145 mm, 8 x 5¾ inches, single column, large clear black letter, many paragraphs in smaller font, space for initial capitals empty, 36 leaves including title page, collation: A-Fvi, Fvi is a blank, colophon on Fv, verso, bound in later vellum rebacked, old handwritten paper label to spine. Boards lightly marked and lightly soiled, spine browned, modern bookplate of A. Bernardes de Oliveira on front pastedown plus a tiny bookseller's label, many pages browned, many pale mostly neat early marginal Latin annotations in more than 1 hand, some discreet underlining, occasional vertical lines and pointing hands in the margins, a little light soiling to lower margins of Aiv-Aiir, small ink spot on Aiiiv, no loss, otherwise clean. A good tight copy with browning to many pages (see images). An early popular medical book on human reproduction, women's health and childbirth. It was composed in the late 13th or early 14th century by a disciple of theologian and scientist Albertus Magnus, known as the pseudo Albertus Magnus. Goff, A-316; Polain 88-89 earlier editions; A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, compiled by Richard J. Durling, page 12, No. 85, listing an edition of 1500. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.