Bod-Inc: J-184
Johannes de Sacro Bosco
Sphaera mundi.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v [Woodcut: Astronomia, Urania, Ptolomaeus.]
A2r Johannes de Sacro Bosco: Sphaera mundi. ‘Nouiciis adolescentibus ad astronomicam rempublicam capessendam aditum impetrantibus . . . utili serie contextum fausto sidere inchoat.’ See J‑179.
c6r Regiomontanus, Johannes: Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta. ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] all scholars. Incipit: ‘[P]ostquam emisimus indicem operum quae librariis nostris . . .’
c7r Regiomontanus, Johannes: Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta. Incipit: ‘[S]i quis forte roget quamobrem potissimum ad hanc aedem diui Petri apostoli . . .’ See J‑181.
d6v Purbachius, Georgius: Theoricae novae planetarum. ‘De Sole.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ol habet tres orbes a se inuicem omniquaque diuisos . . .’ See J‑181.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 4 Oct. 1490. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–f8.
Illustrations: Woodcuts and woodcuts initials.
References
ISTC: ij00409000
Hain: HC *14113;
Goff: Goff J‑409;
BMC: BMC V 438;
Proctor: Pr 5023;
Others: BSB‑Ink I‑507; CIBN J‑273; Essling 261; Oates 1956-8; Sack, Freiburg, 2122; Sander 6664; Sheppard 4183.
LCN: 14029294
Copies
Copy number: J-184(1)
Bound with A‑003; see there for details of binding and provenance.
Size of leaf: 210 × 152 mm.
A few marginal notes, extracting key words, in an early hand.
A few woodcuts coloured in ochre and red, the same palette in both copies; the colouring was possibly done using a template, which has not been exactly applied.
SHELFMARK: Douce 123(3).
Copy number: J-184(2)
Not in Sheppard.
Bound with H‑253(2); see there for details of binding and provenance.
Size of leaf: 212 × 155 mm.
A few marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in an early humanist hand.
A few woodcuts coloured in ochre and red, as in the other copy.
SHELFMARK: Broxb. 31.10(1).
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