HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon astronomicon , edited by Jacobus Sentinus and J. L. Santritter. Venice: Thomas de Blavis, de Alexandria, 7 June 1488.
HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon astronomicon , edited by Jacobus Sentinus and J. L. Santritter. Venice: Thomas de Blavis, de Alexandria, 7 June 1488. Chancery 4° (210 x 155mm). Roman type, woodcut initials, some initial spaces with guide-letter, full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere on verso of a1, astronomical woodcuts in text, woodcut initials. (Some light staining.) Modern half vellum. Provenance : James Stokley (1900-1989, astronomer; bookplate). The archetype of this edition is that of Ratdolt, Venice, 22 January 1485, from which many of the woodcuts are copied, in some cases in reverse. Attributed to the 2nd-century Hyginus, the Poeticon astronomicon is a guide to the science of the sky. It explains the basics of astronomy, the 42 constellations, and the zodiac, mingling myth with science. The series of woodcuts is the first to illustrate the allegorical figures of the constellations and planets. HC 9065; BMC V 318; Polain(B) 2041; Klebs 527.4; Sander 3474; Goff H-562.
HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon astronomicon , edited by Jacobus Sentinus and J. L. Santritter. Venice: Thomas de Blavis, de Alexandria, 7 June 1488.
HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon astronomicon , edited by Jacobus Sentinus and J. L. Santritter. Venice: Thomas de Blavis, de Alexandria, 7 June 1488. Chancery 4° (210 x 155mm). Roman type, woodcut initials, some initial spaces with guide-letter, full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere on verso of a1, astronomical woodcuts in text, woodcut initials. (Some light staining.) Modern half vellum. Provenance : James Stokley (1900-1989, astronomer; bookplate). The archetype of this edition is that of Ratdolt, Venice, 22 January 1485, from which many of the woodcuts are copied, in some cases in reverse. Attributed to the 2nd-century Hyginus, the Poeticon astronomicon is a guide to the science of the sky. It explains the basics of astronomy, the 42 constellations, and the zodiac, mingling myth with science. The series of woodcuts is the first to illustrate the allegorical figures of the constellations and planets. HC 9065; BMC V 318; Polain(B) 2041; Klebs 527.4; Sander 3474; Goff H-562.
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