Sphaera mundi.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Latin |
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Hoc ... opusculum impressum est Venetiis :
Mandato & expensis ... Octauiani Scoti, ciuis Modoetiensis,
1490 quarto Nonas Octobris [4 Oct]
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| Item Description: | Incipit: Sphaerae mundi compendium foeliciter inchoat. Following that is a statement of the contents of this edition: ... Ioa[n]nis de Sacro Busto Sphaericu[m] opusculu[m] una cu[m] addit[i]o[n]ibus no[n]nullis l[itte]ra A sparsim ubi i[n]tersertae sint signatis, Co[n]traq[ue] Cremone[n]sia i[n] planetar[um] theoricas delyramenta Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]teregio disputat[i]o[n]es ... nec no[n] Georgii Purbachii i[n] eoru[n]de[m] motus planetar[um] accuratis. theoricae dicatu[m] opus ... Imprint from colophon. The printer is Bonetus Locatellus. "The woodcut[s] ... appear to be from the same blocks employed by De Sanctis in his 1488 edition"--BM 15th cent. The col. ill. are printed with blocks inked brownish yellow; one ill. is printed using an additional block inked red. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is wanting the title page and frontispiece. It contains a few annotations throughout and manuscript material on the front wrapper and back wrappers. It is laid into two blue boards sewn together with a label on the front on which appears to be the crossed-out title of a work dated 1553. Printer's device in red. Signatures: a-f⁸. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcut), diagrams (woodcuts, some color) ; 22 cm. (quarto) |