(Science) — Ptolemaeus, Claudius.- Inerrantium stellarum significationes per Nicolaum Leonicum è graeco translate [...]. (Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, mense Januario 1516). 2 parts in 1 vol. in-8° : 21-[1 bl.], 1/85-[1...
Estimation :
1.200 / 1.500
Adjudication :
3600 €
Description
bl.]-89/150-153/227-[1 ] lvs (some marginal stains, some lvs slightly yellowed, small wormholes in the beginning, rare marginal tears, some foxing otherwise fresh copy). Contemporary Flemish binding : calf, boards with 2 blind panel-stamps figuring the Annunciation and Saint James with text in gothic typesetting and separeted by decorated frames, all encircled by blind filets, ribbed spine with blind fillets (upper joint partly split, ties and turn ins lacking, calf partly unstuck on the spine, slightly rubbed, some small stains, three corners dulled, the upper one strongly with lack of leather, re-used vellum with handwritten text on the pastedowns). Second edition (1, ed. : 1502 or 1515 ?), published in the Aldine press, of this work containing the astronomical tables of Ptolemy (c. 90- c. 168) and 5 work extracts of Ovid : "Fastorum", "Tristium", "De Ponto", "In Ibin" and "Ad Liviam". All given by the Italian philologue Nicolò Leonico Tomeo (14561531). With the Aldine marks on title-page and on the back of last leaf. Nice panel-stamped binding with two religious scenes (71 x 52 mm) not listed in Fogelmark, "Expositition de reliures. Du XII, siècle à ia fin du xvr of the Belgian Royal Library and in "Boekbanden uit vijf eeuwen". The first of the Annunciation figures Mary on a prie-Dieu with a star above and on her left Gabriel. The Saint is handing a banner (without inscription) and has the Holy Spirit above him. The scene takes place inside, under diagonal ribs. This panel is surrounded by the text : "Ave gracia plena d[omin]us tecu[m] ecce a[n]cilla d[o]m[in]i fiat michi secundum verbum tuum" with artichokes flowers in the angles. The second panel figures Saint James with 4 prayers (2 on each side) under a vault with the key "Sancte Jacobeo" (?) below. These two panels are separeted by two decorated frames with oak leaves, dragons opposing chimaera, a character or an ape (?) and a man riding a dragon (?). # Adams P-2238; # Renouard 78; # SCT Italian 542 (ed. 1515) and 479 (Works of Ovid) # Soltész O-270 (1567); # not in USTC nor in Machiels. fl Seconde édition des tables astronomiques de Ptolémée et de 5 extraits d’oeuvres d’Ovide ("Les Fastes", "Les Tristes", "Les Pontiques", "L’ibis", "Consolation à Livie Augusta"), donnés par le philologue N. Leonico Tomeo. Plein veau de l’ép. avec des plaques figurant l’Annonciation et Saint Jacques (qqs rouss., qqs taches et mouill. marg., lacets et coiffes manquants, cuir au dos part. décollé).
