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° (224 x 157mm). Collation: a-l8 m6 (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 blank a1). 41 lines. Type: 4:76G. White-on-black woodcut floriated capitals 2, 5 and 8. Incipit printed in red. (Marginal repairs in first quire and last 2 leaves touching text but with little loss, small wormholes in first and last few quires touching some letters.) Half blindtooled calf over old wooden boards, remboitage (a few wormholes, calf lightly rubbed, without clasp). Provenance : title written along bottom fore-edges in an early hand — initials 'N.A.' at end — stamps removed from first leaf. FIRST EDITION of the Toledan Tables of the Cordoban astronomer al-Zarqali (c.1029-c.1087), known as the Alphonsine tables after the patron who commissioned their translation. This Latin version, which circulated 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. H *868; GW 1257; BMC V, 287; CIBN A-278; BSB-Ink T-6; Bod-inc A-220; IGI 399; Klebs 501.1; Redgrave 34; Houzeau & Lancaster 12487; Essling 302; Sander 277; Stillwell Science 14; Norman 36; Goff A-534.
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° (224 x 157mm). Collation: a-l8 m6 (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 blank a1). 41 lines. Type: 4:76G. White-on-black woodcut floriated capitals 2, 5 and 8. Incipit printed in red. (Marginal repairs in first quire and last 2 leaves touching text but with little loss, small wormholes in first and last few quires touching some letters.) Half blindtooled calf over old wooden boards, remboitage (a few wormholes, calf lightly rubbed, without clasp). Provenance : title written along bottom fore-edges in an early hand — initials 'N.A.' at end — stamps removed from first leaf. FIRST EDITION of the Toledan Tables of the Cordoban astronomer al-Zarqali (c.1029-c.1087), known as the Alphonsine tables after the patron who commissioned their translation. This Latin version, which circulated 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. H *868; GW 1257; BMC V, 287; CIBN A-278; BSB-Ink T-6; Bod-inc A-220; IGI 399; Klebs 501.1; Redgrave 34; Houzeau & Lancaster 12487; Essling 302; Sander 277; Stillwell Science 14; Norman 36; Goff A-534.
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