[probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], 58 ff., 32 lines, Roman type, initial full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere, 61 woodcut astronomical diagrams (probably by Santritter), 7 of these partially colour-printed in olive, yellow-brown and red, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, woodcut of armillary sphere with a few small repairs and neatly window-mounted into old paper (almost imperceptibly recto), several (mostly minor) marginal repairs (including to a couple of short marginal tears), a few spots, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments, [BMC V, 290; Goff J-406; HC 14111; Sander 6662], small 4to, [Venice], [Erhard Ratdolt], [before 4th November, 1485]. *** One of the earliest examples of colour printing, Sphaera mundi is a cornerstone of medieval astronomy. This edition contains several woodcuts not included in Ratdolt’s 1482 edition. Based on the work of Ptolemy and various middle eastern commentaries it was first studied and taught at the University of Paris and was soon required reading across Europe. Divided into four chapters it first defines a sphere and its cycles, the rising and settings of the signs and finally the movements of the sun and other planets.
[probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], 58 ff., 32 lines, Roman type, initial full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere, 61 woodcut astronomical diagrams (probably by Santritter), 7 of these partially colour-printed in olive, yellow-brown and red, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, woodcut of armillary sphere with a few small repairs and neatly window-mounted into old paper (almost imperceptibly recto), several (mostly minor) marginal repairs (including to a couple of short marginal tears), a few spots, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments, [BMC V, 290; Goff J-406; HC 14111; Sander 6662], small 4to, [Venice], [Erhard Ratdolt], [before 4th November, 1485]. *** One of the earliest examples of colour printing, Sphaera mundi is a cornerstone of medieval astronomy. This edition contains several woodcuts not included in Ratdolt’s 1482 edition. Based on the work of Ptolemy and various middle eastern commentaries it was first studied and taught at the University of Paris and was soon required reading across Europe. Divided into four chapters it first defines a sphere and its cycles, the rising and settings of the signs and finally the movements of the sun and other planets.
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