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SACRO BOSCO, Johannes de. Sphera volgare novamente tradotta con molte notande additioni di geometria, cosmographia, arte navigatoria, et stereometria, proportioni [translated Marco Mauro]. Venice: Bartholomeo Zanetti for Giovan Orthega di Carion, 1537.
Small 4° (220 x 142mm). Collation: A-O4 (without the 2 final additional unsigned leaves often lacking, containing the errata and a volvelle part). Full-page woodcut arms of Charles V, title border of the signs of the zodiac, allegorical portrait of Mauro and Orthega's arms at end. Approximately 90 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. Brown morocco gilt by Lortic, edges gilt. PROVENANCE: E.Dwight Church, with bookplate (his catalogue 75; probably sold in 1911). FIRST EDITION OF THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY MAURO. Adams H738; Mortimer,Italian 452; Sander 4441
Small 4° (220 x 142mm). Collation: A-O4 (without the 2 final additional unsigned leaves often lacking, containing the errata and a volvelle part). Full-page woodcut arms of Charles V, title border of the signs of the zodiac, allegorical portrait of Mauro and Orthega's arms at end. Approximately 90 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. Brown morocco gilt by Lortic, edges gilt. PROVENANCE: E.Dwight Church, with bookplate (his catalogue 75; probably sold in 1911). FIRST EDITION OF THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY MAURO. Adams H738; Mortimer,Italian 452; Sander 4441