⚠The cover is heavily stained, foxed, and discolored. Text is restricted to a small, aged paper label.

19 original: "XIX"

HER. This is an abbreviation, most likely referring to a subject such as "Hermeneutics" (the study of interpretation) or "Hermeticism," or perhaps a name such as "Hermes."

G. L.

Balduin original: "Bald."; likely referring to the Latinized name Balduinus, a common surname for scholars of this era.

1616

vellum binding A binding made from calfskin parchment, known for its durability and common in scholarly libraries of the 1600s.
shelfmark label A small piece of paper used by libraries to organize books on a shelf; the grid on this label remains empty, suggesting it may have been added later or the cataloging was never finished.