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STOEFFLER, Johannes (1452-1531). Calendarium romanum magnum. Oppenheim: Jakob Koebel, 24 March 1518.
2o (294 x 204 mm). 138 leaves, including 2 leaves of errata bound after **. Title within woodcut armorial border, architectural woodcut border on *2r, full-page woodcut of Anatomical Man within same border as title, the Abacus, Calendar and tables printed in red and black, 24 small topographical woodcuts (some repeated) in the Abacus, 12 woodcuts of the occupations of the months and 12 woodcuts of the signs of the zodiac in the calendar, 63 cuts of solar and lunar eclipses, 4 full-page cuts of astronomical instruments printed in red and black, numerous woodcut initials. With the two leaves of errata bound at end. (Some leaves lightly browned or spotted, some very minor marginal worming at end.)
Binding: 16th-century Spanish tan goatskin over wooden boards, covers with blind- and gilt-ruled panels with large gilt fleurons at corners, central panels with gilt oval arms block of "D Fran[cisco] Cabrera I Bovadilla Mar[ques] d[e] Moia," brass clasps and catches, spine gilt with repeated panel containing a single floral tool at center and a star tool at each corner, CONTEMPORARY DECORATED EDGES, gilt and gauffred, fore-edge decorated with oval cartouche enclosing title in a neat italic hand, with smaller two smaller circles at top and bottom, in one at top contains the initial "L," and one at foot contains the date "1593" (minor wear to head of spine and at corners, some old scrapes and wear to cover); cloth folding case.
Provenance: Marquis of Moya, Spanish bibliophile (binding) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased form Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 26 September 1928) -- donated to SMS 6 December 1937.
FIRST EDITION of a work from the first press of Oppenheim, which operated from 1503 to 1532. In addition to extensive astronomical information, this work contains sections on blood-letting, ancient and modern observances of Easter and reform of the calendar. Stoeffler was professor of astronomy at Tübingen University. Koebel published a German translation of the calendar in 1522. A VERY FINE COPY FROM THE RENAISSANCE LIBRARY OF A NOBLE SPANISH BIBLIOPHILE. A similarly bound and decorated copy of Acosta's Tractado de las drogas (Burgos, 1578) was in the Haskell F. Norman library (see his sale, part I, Christie's New York, 18 March 1998, lot 2). Adams S-1884; Caillet 10385; Houzeau-Lancaster 13730; Stillwell 112; Wellcome I:6102.
2o (294 x 204 mm). 138 leaves, including 2 leaves of errata bound after **. Title within woodcut armorial border, architectural woodcut border on *2r, full-page woodcut of Anatomical Man within same border as title, the Abacus, Calendar and tables printed in red and black, 24 small topographical woodcuts (some repeated) in the Abacus, 12 woodcuts of the occupations of the months and 12 woodcuts of the signs of the zodiac in the calendar, 63 cuts of solar and lunar eclipses, 4 full-page cuts of astronomical instruments printed in red and black, numerous woodcut initials. With the two leaves of errata bound at end. (Some leaves lightly browned or spotted, some very minor marginal worming at end.)
Binding: 16th-century Spanish tan goatskin over wooden boards, covers with blind- and gilt-ruled panels with large gilt fleurons at corners, central panels with gilt oval arms block of "D Fran[cisco] Cabrera I Bovadilla Mar[ques] d[e] Moia," brass clasps and catches, spine gilt with repeated panel containing a single floral tool at center and a star tool at each corner, CONTEMPORARY DECORATED EDGES, gilt and gauffred, fore-edge decorated with oval cartouche enclosing title in a neat italic hand, with smaller two smaller circles at top and bottom, in one at top contains the initial "L," and one at foot contains the date "1593" (minor wear to head of spine and at corners, some old scrapes and wear to cover); cloth folding case.
Provenance: Marquis of Moya, Spanish bibliophile (binding) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased form Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 26 September 1928) -- donated to SMS 6 December 1937.
FIRST EDITION of a work from the first press of Oppenheim, which operated from 1503 to 1532. In addition to extensive astronomical information, this work contains sections on blood-letting, ancient and modern observances of Easter and reform of the calendar. Stoeffler was professor of astronomy at Tübingen University. Koebel published a German translation of the calendar in 1522. A VERY FINE COPY FROM THE RENAISSANCE LIBRARY OF A NOBLE SPANISH BIBLIOPHILE. A similarly bound and decorated copy of Acosta's Tractado de las drogas (Burgos, 1578) was in the Haskell F. Norman library (see his sale, part I, Christie's New York, 18 March 1998, lot 2). Adams S-1884; Caillet 10385; Houzeau-Lancaster 13730; Stillwell 112; Wellcome I:6102.