SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES de (i.e. John of Holywood or Halifax). Opusculu(m) de Sphaera. Theoricae planetaru(m) Georgii Purbachii. quo Ioannes de Monte regio usus est. Wien (J. Siengriner for Lucas Atlantse) 1518. 4to (210x145). (74) ll. With numerous (4 full-page) woodcuts, including a small globe showing Africa, Europe and parts of Asia and America. Printer's woodcut device at the end. Modern vellum, covers slightly warped. Small brown stain to the margin on first 4-5 leaves, old ownership inscriptions to title, and partly erased name and date (1647), occasional old marginalia in ink. Photo. VD 16, J 718 & P 2057. Second Atlantse-edition. Fine woodcuts, among others the interesting globe map which was taken from the Strassburg edition 1509 of "Opusculum geographicum". Sacrobosco (c.1195-1256) probably English, Scottish or Irish scolar, monk and astronomer, famous for his Tractatus de sphaera.
SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES de (i.e. John of Holywood or Halifax). Opusculu(m) de Sphaera. Theoricae planetaru(m) Georgii Purbachii. quo Ioannes de Monte regio usus est. Wien (J. Siengriner for Lucas Atlantse) 1518. 4to (210x145). (74) ll. With numerous (4 full-page) woodcuts, including a small globe showing Africa, Europe and parts of Asia and America. Printer's woodcut device at the end. Modern vellum, covers slightly warped. Small brown stain to the margin on first 4-5 leaves, old ownership inscriptions to title, and partly erased name and date (1647), occasional old marginalia in ink. Photo. VD 16, J 718 & P 2057. Second Atlantse-edition. Fine woodcuts, among others the interesting globe map which was taken from the Strassburg edition 1509 of "Opusculum geographicum". Sacrobosco (c.1195-1256) probably English, Scottish or Irish scolar, monk and astronomer, famous for his Tractatus de sphaera.
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