Complete Hermetica (1505 Paris Edition)

A side-profile photograph of a closed historical manuscript. The image captures the thickness of the book, showing the stacked, yellowed edges of the paper leaves. The binding appears to be a light-colored material, likely vellum or heavy paper, with some visible wear at the spine-edge. At the bottom of the image, there is modern printed metadata and copyright information from ProQuest and the National Central Library of Florence original: "Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze", including the shelfmark "CFMAGL. 1.6.404".

fore-edge The outer edge of the book leaves, opposite the spine where the pages are joined.
binding The protective cover and the structure that holds the pages of a book together.
shelfmark A unique identification code assigned to a book by a library to indicate its location on the shelves.
manuscript volume A book written by hand or, in this archival context, an early printed book treated as a unique historical object.

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CFMAGL. 1.6.404