Dit is der bien boeckThomas, de Cantimpré, approximately 1200-approximately 1270, author[15 January 1488]dutBEIN 1973 +12: Original leaves s2 and s7 wanting, replaced by leaves from a different, smaller, copy.BEIN 1973 +12: Multi-line initials in red ink. Rubricated throughout; woodcuts on page [1] are hand-colored.BEIN 1973 +12: Binding: bound in vellum over pastboard. Spine title: T. Van Cantimpre / Der Bien Boeck / Swolle 1488.BEIN 1973 +12: Provenance: 15th- /16th-century manuscript notes on final page willing the book to a convent of St. Catherine: Nota: Dese aeff Hannes was van riiche familie. / Item dit boec hoert te hoeren totten sustere[n] van sancte Katerinen comvent en[de] is ons ghegheugen van aef ian ha[n]es dochter tot een testame[n]t bit voer haer siel om goede willen, Amen. Very sparse contemporary marginal annotations. Manuscript notes in modern pencil on front flyleaf including a description of contents and a reference to Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American Libraries. Bookseller's description included.Colophon: Dit tegenwhoerdighe boec dat daer is ghenoemt der byen boeck is voleynded ... bi mij Peter van Os prenter tot Swolle. Int iaer ons here[n]. mccc.lxxxciij. des andere[n] daghes nae Sinte Ponciaens dach. (= 15 January)Leaves numbered clxxxiii; errors in foliation.Signature: A⁴ a-c⁸ d-m⁶·⁸·⁸ n⁸ o-p⁶ q-r⁸ [gothic s]⁶ s-v⁸ x⁶ y-z⁸ [et]⁶ (z6 blank).