Accession number
PML 161.2
Creator
Abū Maʻshar, -886.
Object title
Introductorium in astronomia[m] Albumarsaris abalachi octo continens libros partiales.
Published
Auguste Vindelicorum : Erhardi Ratdolt, .7. Idus Februarij .1489 [7 February 1489].
Description
[70] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21.5 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf A1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf i6v: Opus introductorii in astronomia[m] albumazaris abalachi explicit feliciter. Erhardi Ratdolt mira imprimendi arte: qua nuper Venetijs nunc Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit no[m]iatissimus .7. Idus Februarij .1489.
Printed in Ratdolt's types 4:76G, 8:90R, and 9:130G.
Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁶: 70 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Translated by Hermannus Dalmata.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Corrected proofs of leaves g1v and g7v, removed from an Augsburg binding, are in Bodleian Library, see Sheppard, Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library, 1328 and Bod-inc A-157(5).
Woodcuts.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 20.5 x 15 cm.
Imprint from colophon, leaf i6v: Opus introductorii in astronomia[m] albumazaris abalachi explicit feliciter. Erhardi Ratdolt mira imprimendi arte: qua nuper Venetijs nunc Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit no[m]iatissimus .7. Idus Februarij .1489.
Printed in Ratdolt's types 4:76G, 8:90R, and 9:130G.
Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁶: 70 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Translated by Hermannus Dalmata.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Corrected proofs of leaves g1v and g7v, removed from an Augsburg binding, are in Bodleian Library, see Sheppard, Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library, 1328 and Bod-inc A-157(5).
Woodcuts.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 20.5 x 15 cm.
Binding
19th-century English gold-tooled red morocco over paper boards (22 x 16 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Thomas Aitken. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant title
Introductorium in astronomiam
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Several contemporary marginal notations. Early headlines.
Provenance
Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown) and purchase notes: 30/3/94 (front endleaf 1 verso), entire library purchased in 1902 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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