BASSANTIN, Jacques (James Bassandyne, fl. 1550s-60s). Astronomique discours . Lyon: Jean de Tournes 1557.
BASSANTIN, Jacques (James Bassandyne, fl. 1550s-60s). Astronomique discours . Lyon: Jean de Tournes 1557. 2 o (437 x 308 mm). De Tournes' device (Cartier "Semeur") on title and second device (Cartier "Lac d'Amour") on N4r. 175 woodcuts, including numerous diagrams, of which 14 have a total of 36 volvelles, 3 diagrams with fiducial threads with their original bead markers, criblé initials in three sizes. (Title with small repair where stamp removed, final leaf with lower right corner renewed, some marginal worming occasionally affecting headlines, occasional pale toning.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript lettering on spine and front cover; red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale Sotheby's, 10 June 1974, lot 89, incorrectly counting 35 volvelles) -- Acquired from Jacob Zeitlin, 1975. FIRST EDITION, dedicated to Catherine de Médicis. Bassantin, a Scottish astronomer, settled in France at this period after his education at Glasgow. "The size of this volume and extent of its illustration and ornamentation make this an unusually fine example of the attention given to the printing of scientific works at this period" (Mortimer). The cuts are closely derived from Apianus' Astronomicum Caesareum , 1540. The Honeyman copy had 35 volvelles, and the two copies at Harvard each have 33. Most authorities call for 36, as here, though Honeyman believes there should be 38. Brunet I:692; Cartier II, no. 357; Mortimer French 47.
BASSANTIN, Jacques (James Bassandyne, fl. 1550s-60s). Astronomique discours . Lyon: Jean de Tournes 1557.
BASSANTIN, Jacques (James Bassandyne, fl. 1550s-60s). Astronomique discours . Lyon: Jean de Tournes 1557. 2 o (437 x 308 mm). De Tournes' device (Cartier "Semeur") on title and second device (Cartier "Lac d'Amour") on N4r. 175 woodcuts, including numerous diagrams, of which 14 have a total of 36 volvelles, 3 diagrams with fiducial threads with their original bead markers, criblé initials in three sizes. (Title with small repair where stamp removed, final leaf with lower right corner renewed, some marginal worming occasionally affecting headlines, occasional pale toning.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript lettering on spine and front cover; red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale Sotheby's, 10 June 1974, lot 89, incorrectly counting 35 volvelles) -- Acquired from Jacob Zeitlin, 1975. FIRST EDITION, dedicated to Catherine de Médicis. Bassantin, a Scottish astronomer, settled in France at this period after his education at Glasgow. "The size of this volume and extent of its illustration and ornamentation make this an unusually fine example of the attention given to the printing of scientific works at this period" (Mortimer). The cuts are closely derived from Apianus' Astronomicum Caesareum , 1540. The Honeyman copy had 35 volvelles, and the two copies at Harvard each have 33. Most authorities call for 36, as here, though Honeyman believes there should be 38. Brunet I:692; Cartier II, no. 357; Mortimer French 47.
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