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JOHANNES DE PECKHAM (c.1240-1292). Prospectiva communis, edited by Facius Cardanus (1445-1524). [Milan]: Petrus de Corneno, [1482/83?].
Chancery 2° (272 x 188mm). Collation: a8 b-d6 e4 (a1r blank, a1v editor’s address to Ambrosius Griffus, a2r text, e4v verse colophon). 30 leaves. Woodcut diagrams. 2-line initial spaces with guide-letter. 39 lines. Type: 3:91G, 4:11G, 5:55G. (Occasional light spotting.) 19th-century vellum gilt, black leather spine labels, gilt edges; modern slipcase. Provenance: Henry de Cessole, of Nice, bibliophile and friend of Brunet (flyleaf inscription) — French catalogue description; Quaritch collation note.
FIRST EDITION of ‘the most widely used of all optical texts’ from the early 14th century to the end of the Renaissance (DSB). As Peckham states in the preface, his aim was to present a concise summary and explication of existing teachings on optics and perspective; he draws on the work of Ibn al-Haytham especially and also on Aristotle, Euclid, al-Kindi, Ibn Rushd, Grosseteste and Bacon. He treats of direct vision, the propagation of light and colour, the anatomy and physiology of the eye, refraction, and, in Book III, discusses the Milky Way. The work was highly influential in the Middle Ages and Renaissance and was read and cited by scients such as Leonardo da Vinci and Kepler. This edition is one of only 6 works assigned to the press of Petrus de Corneno. H 9425*; BMC VI 759; CIBN J-255; IGI 7385; BSB-Ink. I-499; Bod-inc J-177; Klebs 738.1; Sander 5504; Goff J-394.
Chancery 2° (272 x 188mm). Collation: a8 b-d6 e4 (a1r blank, a1v editor’s address to Ambrosius Griffus, a2r text, e4v verse colophon). 30 leaves. Woodcut diagrams. 2-line initial spaces with guide-letter. 39 lines. Type: 3:91G, 4:11G, 5:55G. (Occasional light spotting.) 19th-century vellum gilt, black leather spine labels, gilt edges; modern slipcase. Provenance: Henry de Cessole, of Nice, bibliophile and friend of Brunet (flyleaf inscription) — French catalogue description; Quaritch collation note.
FIRST EDITION of ‘the most widely used of all optical texts’ from the early 14th century to the end of the Renaissance (DSB). As Peckham states in the preface, his aim was to present a concise summary and explication of existing teachings on optics and perspective; he draws on the work of Ibn al-Haytham especially and also on Aristotle, Euclid, al-Kindi, Ibn Rushd, Grosseteste and Bacon. He treats of direct vision, the propagation of light and colour, the anatomy and physiology of the eye, refraction, and, in Book III, discusses the Milky Way. The work was highly influential in the Middle Ages and Renaissance and was read and cited by scients such as Leonardo da Vinci and Kepler. This edition is one of only 6 works assigned to the press of Petrus de Corneno. H 9425*; BMC VI 759; CIBN J-255; IGI 7385; BSB-Ink. I-499; Bod-inc J-177; Klebs 738.1; Sander 5504; Goff J-394.
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