Author
Abu Ma`shar, -886.
Publication Date
1489
Publication Place
[Augsburg] : Erhardiq[ue] Ratdolt of men of skill ..., qua nup[er] of Venice, now Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit no[m]i[n]atissim[us], on the eve of Kal[endas] April [31 Mar.], 1489. -
Erhardiq
Subject
Astronomy--Early works to 1800., Astronomy., Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800., Astrology, Arab.
Type
Book
Language
ara,lat
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
118 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, diagrams (woodcuts) ; 22 cm (4to)
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
81977697
Record ID
9931268293503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1489
Notes
Translation by Joannes Hispalensis of the author's Kitāb aḥkām sinī al-mawālīd and other writings, based largely on al-Kindī. Cf. Sarton. An introduction. to the hist. of science. Baltimore [1927] v. United States. 1, p. 568, and Enzyk. d. Islam., Edited by John Angelus. Cf. colophon., Imprint from colophon, which reads: Opus Albumazaris De magnis co[n]iunctionib[us] explicitly congratulate. Magistri Iohannis Angeli viri peritissimi dilige[n]ti correctione, Erhardi[que] Ratdolt viri solertis eximia industri, [and] look printed art, qua nu[per] Venetijs, never Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit no[m]i[n]atissim[us] pridie Kal[endas] Aprilis, 1489., Signatures: A-N8 O6 P8., Chancery quarto. Leaf A3r: 40 lines; area of text: 150 x 106 mm. Printed initials and paragraph marks. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords. Rubrication not called for. Woodcut illustrations: signs of the zodiac and planetary signs (some repeated); 2 astrological diagrams; blank space (for illustration?) on leaf M8v and N4r. | Leaf size: 210 x 154 mm., Rubrication: capital strokes and underlines supplied in red; some illustrations hand-colored in red. section numbers in pencil in the upper margin of most leaves; word in text on leaf P6v underlined and transcribed in outer margin in pencil; 1 modern ms. leaf (brief inscription in ink and diagram in pencil on recto, diagram in pencil on verso) bound in after leaf E2., Provenance: From the library of Henry Charles Lea. With his bookplate affixed to front pastedown and autograph (1876) on recto of front free endpaper., Binding: in modern quarter blue leather over blue cloth boards; blind-stamped spine panels with author and title gold-stamped in one panel and date in another; detached covers. | Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)
Atıf Yapılan
Goff (rev.) A-360, BM 15th cent., II, p. 383 (IA. 6689), GW 836, BSB-Ink. A-226, BN cat. des incun., A-195, Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 625, ISTC, ia00360000, Hain-Copinger, 611*, Stillwell, M.B. Science, 9
Baskı Parmakizi
u.ta noi- m.i- scqu (C) 1489 (A)
Tür
Incunabula.
