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LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. CODEX VINDOBONENSIS SERIES NOVA 2644 OF THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY. A FACSIMILIE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PLUS A ‘COMMENTARY ON THE FACSIMILIE EDITION’. TRANSCRIPTION AND GERMAN TRANSLATION BY FRANZ UNTERKIRCHER. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HEIDE SAXER AND CHARLES TALBOT. TWO VOLUMES, FOLIO, THE FACSIMILE VOLUME BOUND IN FULL NATURAL PIGSKIN OVER WOODEN BOARDS TOOLED IN BLIND TO REPRODUCE THE ORIGINAL BINDING, VELLUM SPINE LABLE. COMMENTARY VOLUME BOUND IN QUARTER NATURAL PIGSKIN OVER HARDCOVER PAPER BOARDS. COMPLETE COLOUR FACSIMILIE OF 214 pp. IN ORIGINAL SIZE WITH HAND – TRIMMED PAGES, 206 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, COMMENTARY VOLUME INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION, TRANSCRIPTION OF THE LATIN TEXT, AND TRANSLATION OF THE CAPTIONS INTO ENGLISH AND GERMAN, 148 pp., ILLUSTRATED. A VERY GOOD SET. THE BOOK IS A MEDIEVAL GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING. SCARCE.