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XI.—On a Copy of Albertus Magnus' De Secretis Mulierum, printed by Machlinia

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When collecting materials for the third part of my Bibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets, I observed in the sale catalogue of the duke of Hamilton's library a copy of the well-known tract, De Secretis Mulierum, usually ascribed to Albertus Magnus. The following description of it was there given:

“Alberti Magni Secreta Mulierum, wants A 1 (a blank leaf) and several leaves mended, sold therefore with all faults, red morocco extra, borders of gold, gilt edges, by J. Mackenzie, sm. 4to. s. l. & a.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1886

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page 338 note b By the kindness of F. Madan, Esq., M.A.

page 339 note a That is: The Beuelacion of a MonJce in the Abbey of Euishamme. This remark is preposterous, and its accuracy is questionable. Dibdin says here that the type of a book with Machlinia's name actually at it is the same as that of a book without a printer's name, ascribed by Herbert to an unknown printer, who, Dibdin assumes, was Machlinia! The following notable succession of statements is got from Dibdin. The type of the Liber Aggregationis is the same as that of the Reuelacion, which is printed with type of the same character as that of the Nova Statuta, but ruder. (This by the way does not tally at all with Dibdin's praise of the elegance of the Liber Aggregationis.) The Nova Statuta type is said to be similar to that of the Statuta, which is said to be the same as that of the Speculum Christiani, which is one of the books with Machlinia's imprint. Therefore the Renelacion must be similar to the Statuta and to the Speculum Christiani. Now Herbert had a leaf kk iiii of the Statuta, and he says that its type is very different from that of the Speculum Christiani. The facsimile of a page of this leaf is given by Dibdin, and the type is not at all like that of the Liber Aggregationis. The Liber Aggregationis therefore cannot, as Dibdin says, be printed with the same type as the Reuelacion. The Jleuelacion cannot be like three books which are unlike one another. There must be confusion somewhere.

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