[Postincunable] Gregor Reisch. Margarita Philosophica.

Strassburg, Johann Schott, 1504, (320) leaves, with woodcut title page, 2 folding tables and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text incl. many full-page, annotated music in the text, bound in blindstamped half pigskin with wooden boards as a remarkable number of other copies, 4to.

Lacks the world map, the last page and the clamp; title page and leaf 2 loose, restored and washed; content and binding with a few wormholes. Quire signatures at the end slightly irregular, but similar to the copy available online. Medieval encyclopedia in 12 "books" with all knowledge available at the time, with fascinating illustrations.