Albumasar de magnis coniunctionibus : annorum revolutionibus ac eorum profectionibus, octo continens tractatus.

Accession number:

PML 125702

Author:

Abū Maʻshar, -886.

Published:

Auguste Vindelicorum : Erhardi Ratdolt, pridie kalendas. Aprilis .1489 [31 March 1489].

Description:

[118] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21.5 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1995. NNPM

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf A1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf P8r: Opus Albumazaris de magnis co[n]iunctionib[us] explicit feliciter: magistri Iohannis Angeli viri peritissimi dilige[n]ti correctione: Erhardiq[ue] Ratdolt viri solertis eximia industria: [et] mira imprimendi arte: qua nup[er] Venetijs: nunc Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit no[m]iatissim[us] pridie kal[endas]. Aprilis .1489.
Printed in Ratdolt's types 4:76G, 9:130G, 8:90R, and 10:65G.
Signatures: A-N⁸ O⁶ P⁸: 118 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Edited by Johannes Angelus. Translated by Johannes Hispalensis.
Woodcuts.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19.2 x 14.5 cm. NNPM

Binding:

17th/18th-century(?) laced limp vellum (19.5 x 15.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports; recased and relined, with pairs of renewed pale-green silk ties on fore-edge. NNPM

Variant Title:

De magnis coniunctionibus

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricaiton not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Early notes on the active dates of certain astronomers (leaf a1r). NNPM

Provenance:

Julia P. Wightman (1909-1994), bookplate (front pastedown), purchased in 1941 (maybe at Vollbehr duplicates sale by Gimbel Bros), donated to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1995. NNPM

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Department:

Printed Books