Ten Treatises on Astronomy (Book of Astronomy) (1506) - Page 7

⚠The page is a front pastedown or flyleaf with significant staining, foxing, and multiple layers of provenance information, including handwritten notes and a pasted printed bookseller's description.

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245 BONATTI OF FORLÌ (Guido) Ten original: "Decem [tractatus astronomiae]"; Bonatti was a famous 13th-century Italian astrologer and astronomer. on Title, a number of fine initials, and hundreds of fine Likely referring to woodcut illustrations. inner margins of several leaves mended, gothic type original: "gothic letter"; a style of typeface resembling medieval handwriting., double column. A rare volume. The woodcuts, more especially those of the animals and several leaves mended, gothic type, double column, limp vellum A binding made of flexible parchment., £2 2s Venice, by Jacobus Pentius of Lecco, 1506 original: "Venetiis per Jacobi Pentiz Leucēses" A rare volume unknown to Brunet Jacques Charles Brunet, a famous 19th-century French bibliographer. and most of the other bibliographers. The woodcuts, more especially those of the animals and figures in the constellations, are really fine. blemishes in signature R original: "bes in sig. R"; likely referring to printer's marks or physical damage in a specific section of the book.

Woodcut & Diagram

E. H. These are likely the initials of a previous owner.

Venice, 1506.

Bonatti.

2 pounds, 2 shillings, 0 pence

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