SACROBOSCO, Johannes de (end of 12th century-1256 [1244?]). Sphaera mundi . - Gerardus CREMONENSIS (c. 1114-1187). Theorica planetarum . Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478. Chancery 4° (189 x 131mm). Collation: a b8 c d6; e f10 (a1r Sphaera mundi , d6v blank; e1r Theorica planetarum , f10v colophon, verses by Franciscus Niger). 48 leaves. 25 lines, shoulder notes. Type: 5:109Rb (text), 6:65G (diagram text). Incipits to each work PRINTED IN RED. 11 woodcut diagrams, one hand-coloured in ochre, another in red. 5-line woodcut white-on-black floreated initials. Paragraph marks flourished in red. (a1r with old repair at lower margin, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, slight paper fault in final leaf.) 19th-century vellum, morocco spine label (upper cover chipped and slightly bowed). Provenance : Franciscus Barbarus (contemporary ownership inscription on colophon, occasional amendments in his humanist hand) -- John Jackson of Warrington (bookplate; his pencil note on front blank).
SACROBOSCO, Johannes de (end of 12th century-1256 [1244?]). Sphaera mundi . - Gerardus CREMONENSIS (c. 1114-1187). Theorica planetarum . Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478. Chancery 4° (189 x 131mm). Collation: a b8 c d6; e f10 (a1r Sphaera mundi , d6v blank; e1r Theorica planetarum , f10v colophon, verses by Franciscus Niger). 48 leaves. 25 lines, shoulder notes. Type: 5:109Rb (text), 6:65G (diagram text). Incipits to each work PRINTED IN RED. 11 woodcut diagrams, one hand-coloured in ochre, another in red. 5-line woodcut white-on-black floreated initials. Paragraph marks flourished in red. (a1r with old repair at lower margin, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, slight paper fault in final leaf.) 19th-century vellum, morocco spine label (upper cover chipped and slightly bowed). Provenance : Franciscus Barbarus (contemporary ownership inscription on colophon, occasional amendments in his humanist hand) -- John Jackson of Warrington (bookplate; his pencil note on front blank). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Born at Holywood, Yorkshire, Sacrobosco spent most of his life as professor of mathematics at Paris, where he was among the first exponents in the 13th century of Arab arithmetic and algebra, influencing the acceptance of Hindu-Arabic numerals in the West. His fame 'rests firmly' on De sphaera , a short work of four chapters, which 'was quite generally adopted as the fundamental astronomy text' (see DSB XII, pp. 60-63). After Manilius's Astronomica , it was the earliest printed book on astronomy. The first edition, by Andreas Belfortis at Ferrara, 1472, also included Gerard of Cremona's text, a probable reworking of a book which originated with John of Seville. This fifth edition, the third to be united with Theorica planetarum , was printed in Franciscus Renner's fine large text type (probably inherited from Maler and Ratdolt), and was the first to include woodcut diagrams. Francisco Barbaro, the owner of this copy, states that it was bought for him by his father. Venetian history records several members of the Barbaro family with the name Francesco, possibly all named after the great patrician, Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454), author of De re uxorial . HC *14108; BMC V, 195 (IA. 19869); Bod-Inc. J-180; Essling 257; Klebs 874.6; IGI 5340; Sander 6659; Goff J-402.
SACROBOSCO, Johannes de (end of 12th century-1256 [1244?]). Sphaera mundi . - Gerardus CREMONENSIS (c. 1114-1187). Theorica planetarum . Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478. Chancery 4° (189 x 131mm). Collation: a b8 c d6; e f10 (a1r Sphaera mundi , d6v blank; e1r Theorica planetarum , f10v colophon, verses by Franciscus Niger). 48 leaves. 25 lines, shoulder notes. Type: 5:109Rb (text), 6:65G (diagram text). Incipits to each work PRINTED IN RED. 11 woodcut diagrams, one hand-coloured in ochre, another in red. 5-line woodcut white-on-black floreated initials. Paragraph marks flourished in red. (a1r with old repair at lower margin, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, slight paper fault in final leaf.) 19th-century vellum, morocco spine label (upper cover chipped and slightly bowed). Provenance : Franciscus Barbarus (contemporary ownership inscription on colophon, occasional amendments in his humanist hand) -- John Jackson of Warrington (bookplate; his pencil note on front blank).
SACROBOSCO, Johannes de (end of 12th century-1256 [1244?]). Sphaera mundi . - Gerardus CREMONENSIS (c. 1114-1187). Theorica planetarum . Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478. Chancery 4° (189 x 131mm). Collation: a b8 c d6; e f10 (a1r Sphaera mundi , d6v blank; e1r Theorica planetarum , f10v colophon, verses by Franciscus Niger). 48 leaves. 25 lines, shoulder notes. Type: 5:109Rb (text), 6:65G (diagram text). Incipits to each work PRINTED IN RED. 11 woodcut diagrams, one hand-coloured in ochre, another in red. 5-line woodcut white-on-black floreated initials. Paragraph marks flourished in red. (a1r with old repair at lower margin, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, slight paper fault in final leaf.) 19th-century vellum, morocco spine label (upper cover chipped and slightly bowed). Provenance : Franciscus Barbarus (contemporary ownership inscription on colophon, occasional amendments in his humanist hand) -- John Jackson of Warrington (bookplate; his pencil note on front blank). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Born at Holywood, Yorkshire, Sacrobosco spent most of his life as professor of mathematics at Paris, where he was among the first exponents in the 13th century of Arab arithmetic and algebra, influencing the acceptance of Hindu-Arabic numerals in the West. His fame 'rests firmly' on De sphaera , a short work of four chapters, which 'was quite generally adopted as the fundamental astronomy text' (see DSB XII, pp. 60-63). After Manilius's Astronomica , it was the earliest printed book on astronomy. The first edition, by Andreas Belfortis at Ferrara, 1472, also included Gerard of Cremona's text, a probable reworking of a book which originated with John of Seville. This fifth edition, the third to be united with Theorica planetarum , was printed in Franciscus Renner's fine large text type (probably inherited from Maler and Ratdolt), and was the first to include woodcut diagrams. Francisco Barbaro, the owner of this copy, states that it was bought for him by his father. Venetian history records several members of the Barbaro family with the name Francesco, possibly all named after the great patrician, Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454), author of De re uxorial . HC *14108; BMC V, 195 (IA. 19869); Bod-Inc. J-180; Essling 257; Klebs 874.6; IGI 5340; Sander 6659; Goff J-402.
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