LEOPOLD OF AUSTRIA Compilatio de astrorum scientia decem continens tractatus. 9 January 1489Augsburg,E. Ratdolt,4to, old vellum (18th c.), red edges, [107 (of 110)] ff. (lacking final blank, half title and final f. in exc. facsimile on old...
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5500 €
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paper; somewhat short, some tears repaired, a few ff. mounted, worming in blank inner margin of some ff.). Good copy.
Only incunable ed. of this compilation of medieval astronomical knowledge by Leopold, Duke of Austria (1176-1230), dealing with the Zodiac, the planetary system, meteorology and theology. Ill. with numerous woodcuts: large "Sphaera mundi" (a2r), 35 large ills of mythological figures and Zodiac signs, 54 half-page diagrams. Printed in gothic type, 41 ll. Extensive cont. ms. notes (some cropped).
Only incunable ed. of this compilation of medieval astronomical knowledge by Leopold, Duke of Austria (1176-1230), dealing with the Zodiac, the planetary system, meteorology and theology. Ill. with numerous woodcuts: large "Sphaera mundi" (a2r), 35 large ills of mythological figures and Zodiac signs, 54 half-page diagrams. Printed in gothic type, 41 ll. Extensive cont. ms. notes (some cropped).
