Sphaera mundi.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Latin |
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Hoc ... opusculum impressum est Venetiis :
Per Magistrum Gullielmum de Tridino de Monteferrato,
1491 die xiiii Ianuarii.
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| Item Description: | Incipit: Sphaerae mondi [sic] compe[n]dium 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] additio[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 Monteregio disputat[i]o[n]es ... nec no[n] Georgii Purbachii i[n] eoru[n]de[m] motus planetar[um] accuratis. theoricae dicatu[m] opus ... A page-for-page reprint of the 1490 edition printed by Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus (LC record 91-128020), using the same woodcut blocks. Here the color printing is less well executed, using yellowish brown ink, a dull orange, and red. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: a-f⁸. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is annotated throughout in a very early hand. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcut), diagrams (woodcuts, some color) ; 21 cm. (quarto) |