ALPHONSUS X, King of Castile and Leon (1221-1284). Tabulae astronomicae . - Johannes DANCK (fl. first half 14th century). Canones in tabulas Alphonsi. [Venice:] Erhard Ratdolt 4 July 1483.
ALPHONSUS X, King of Castile and Leon (1221-1284). Tabulae astronomicae . - Johannes DANCK (fl. first half 14th century). Canones in tabulas Alphonsi. [Venice:] Erhard Ratdolt 4 July 1483. Median 4 o (222 x 161 mm). Collation: a-l 8 m 6 (a1 blank, a2r incipit, text of the Canons of John of Saxony, b3v supplement to the Canons of John of Saxony, c1r astronomical tables, m3r explanation of figure of solar eclipse, m3v woodcut diagram of solar eclipse, m4r explanation of figure of lunar eclipse, m4v diagram of lunar eclipse, m5r table of the latitude and longitude of principal European and North African cities, m6r colophon, m6v blank). 93 leaves (of 94, without a1 blank), unfoliated. 41 lines. Type: 4:76G. White-on-black woodcut floriated capitals 2, 5 and 8. Incipit printed in red. (Occasional dampstaining, mainly affecting first and last few quires.) Contemporary quarter plain goatskin over beech boards, original central brass fore-edge hasp (rubbed, clasp missing). Provenance : annotations in 3 different early sixteenth-century hands on front flyleaf, a few marginal notes to the canons in one of the hands, marginalia to the tables in another, consisting of small corrections and additions, including calculations for the year 1499 on c2r; Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale part I, Christie's New York, 18 March 1998, lot 10). FIRST EDITION of the Toledan Tables of the Cordoban astronomer al-Zarqali (ca 1029-ca 1087), known as the Alphonsine tables after the patron who commissioned their translation. This Latin version, which circulated very widely in the Middle Ages, was translated from an earlier Spanish version that is now lost. It is the most famous of numerous translations commissioned by Alfonso X, "el Sabio," of Arabic scientific, legal, and magical treatises. Although the translation contains new observations, made from 1262 and 1272, it follows the overall format of al-Zarqali's compilation and adheres to the Ptolemaic system for explaining celestial motion. The present text follows a revised version of the tables completed in the early 14th century; Ratdolt prefaced it with the first appearance of John (Danck) of Saxony's almost equally popular canons, written in 1327, which completed the Alphonsine tables in several areas, including supplementary tables of the eclipses and several chapters on the latitudes of the planets. Goff A-534; BMC V, 287 (IA. 20525); CIBN A-278; GW 1257; H *868; IGI 399; Klebs 501.1; Norman 36 (this copy); Polain (B) 155; Redgrave 34; Houzeau & Lancaster 12487; Essling 302; Sander 277; Stillwell Science 14. A FINE, UNRESTORED COPY.
ALPHONSUS X, King of Castile and Leon (1221-1284). Tabulae astronomicae . - Johannes DANCK (fl. first half 14th century). Canones in tabulas Alphonsi. [Venice:] Erhard Ratdolt 4 July 1483.
ALPHONSUS X, King of Castile and Leon (1221-1284). Tabulae astronomicae . - Johannes DANCK (fl. first half 14th century). Canones in tabulas Alphonsi. [Venice:] Erhard Ratdolt 4 July 1483. Median 4 o (222 x 161 mm). Collation: a-l 8 m 6 (a1 blank, a2r incipit, text of the Canons of John of Saxony, b3v supplement to the Canons of John of Saxony, c1r astronomical tables, m3r explanation of figure of solar eclipse, m3v woodcut diagram of solar eclipse, m4r explanation of figure of lunar eclipse, m4v diagram of lunar eclipse, m5r table of the latitude and longitude of principal European and North African cities, m6r colophon, m6v blank). 93 leaves (of 94, without a1 blank), unfoliated. 41 lines. Type: 4:76G. White-on-black woodcut floriated capitals 2, 5 and 8. Incipit printed in red. (Occasional dampstaining, mainly affecting first and last few quires.) Contemporary quarter plain goatskin over beech boards, original central brass fore-edge hasp (rubbed, clasp missing). Provenance : annotations in 3 different early sixteenth-century hands on front flyleaf, a few marginal notes to the canons in one of the hands, marginalia to the tables in another, consisting of small corrections and additions, including calculations for the year 1499 on c2r; Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale part I, Christie's New York, 18 March 1998, lot 10). FIRST EDITION of the Toledan Tables of the Cordoban astronomer al-Zarqali (ca 1029-ca 1087), known as the Alphonsine tables after the patron who commissioned their translation. This Latin version, which circulated very widely in the Middle Ages, was translated from an earlier Spanish version that is now lost. It is the most famous of numerous translations commissioned by Alfonso X, "el Sabio," of Arabic scientific, legal, and magical treatises. Although the translation contains new observations, made from 1262 and 1272, it follows the overall format of al-Zarqali's compilation and adheres to the Ptolemaic system for explaining celestial motion. The present text follows a revised version of the tables completed in the early 14th century; Ratdolt prefaced it with the first appearance of John (Danck) of Saxony's almost equally popular canons, written in 1327, which completed the Alphonsine tables in several areas, including supplementary tables of the eclipses and several chapters on the latitudes of the planets. Goff A-534; BMC V, 287 (IA. 20525); CIBN A-278; GW 1257; H *868; IGI 399; Klebs 501.1; Norman 36 (this copy); Polain (B) 155; Redgrave 34; Houzeau & Lancaster 12487; Essling 302; Sander 277; Stillwell Science 14. A FINE, UNRESTORED COPY.
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