Astrology, Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1500, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, Incunabula, Incunabula--Specimens, BF1714.A6 A28 1500
Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian... Show moreBound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Show less
Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, BF1714.A6 Q33 1485
interpretatvs a Ioanne Hispalensi ; scriptvmque in evndem a Iohanne Saxonie editvm vtili serie connexvum incipivnt ; correctu[m] artiu[m]medicine... Show moreinterpretatvs a Ioanne Hispalensi ; scriptvmque in evndem a Iohanne Saxonie editvm vtili serie connexvum incipivnt ; correctu[m] artiu[m]medicine doctorem dominum Bartholomeum de Alten. Signatures: aall⁸mm¹⁰ Third edition of Isagoge, and first with the commentary of Johannes de Saxonia, probably based on the Latin translation by Joannes Hispalensis. Roman and Gothic types, 97 leaves unfoliated in manuscript stating at f. 142, paragraph marks supplied in red, woodcut illustrations (lacking initial blank, light dampstaining, some margins slightly wormed). Contemporary German binding, brown sheep cover wooden boards, the sides divided by triple diagonal fillets into lozenge compartments, in each a stamp of a rosette or flower, hatched roll tool border of lozenges containing fleurs-de-lys, brass corner and centre bosses, pastedowns of strips from 14th -15th century ma uscripts (one corner boss replaced from another early binding, new clasps, another work removed, covers wormed) Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Main Heritage Display General BF1714.A6 Q33 1485 Book Item-ID: i10136952 BIB-ID: 1015331 Show less
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of... Show moreAbraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Show less
Astrology, Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1500, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, Incunabula, Incunabula--Specimens, BF1714.A6 A28 1500
Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian... Show moreBound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Show less