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ANGELUS, Johannes (d.1512). Astrolabium. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 6 October 1488.
Median 4° (228 x 159mm). Collation: \Kp\k4 a-n8 o-s4 t-y8 z12 A-C8 D12 (\Kp\k1r title, \Kp\k1v climate tables for various cities, \Kp\k2r letter from Ratdolt to Albert Duke of Bavaria, \Kp\k2v note of contents, \Kp\k4r text and tables, D10 register and colophon, D11-D12 blank). 174 (of 176, without final two blank) leaves. 40 lines. Types: 9:130G (title and colophon), 4:76G (text). 443 woodcuts and diagrams, including 19 large astrological cuts, 4- to 13-line woodcut white-on-black initials, ALL WOODCUTS COLOURED BY AN EARLY HAND; preliminary pages ruled in red. English translations of the Latin explications of astrological cuts written in an 18th-century hand. (Somewhat soiled through use, occasional staining, small wormtrack in table leaves, blank corner of g2 replaced, title strengthened at hinge.) Late 18th-century pigskin stained brown over bevelled wooden boards, triple fillet panel, HL stamped on sides, single later fore-edge clasp, emblematic engravings and woodcut of an astrologer after Jost Amman laid onto front flyleaves (rebacked). Provenance: Henricus Occam (contemporary inscription) -- Richard May (early 16th-century inscription) -- George Amyas (?son of Richard [d.1552, Kent] and Barbara) -- John Bayell, physician (16th-century inscription) -- WB (16/17th-century initials) -- Henry White, Lichfield, 1805 (inscription) -- HL, surmounted by garland (binding) -- Thomas Lister, astrologer of Boston, 1845 (title inscription).
FIRST EDITION of the Astrolabium by Johannes Angelus, or Engel, a professor at Ingolstadt and Vienna. The work describes each sign of the zodiac in terms of its position in relation to the sun, moon and Venus and was used to predict the movement of the stars. The 'figure celi' (horoscopes) are attributed in the text to the 13th-century medical writer Pietro d'Abano. The 19 astronomical woodcuts had appeared in previous works printed by Erhard Ratdolt, notably in his edition of Hyginus (Venice: 1482). Ratdolt had printed in Venice until he returned to his native city of Augsburg at the invitation of Bishop Friedrich von Hohenzollern in 1486 or 1487. Ratdolt proceeded to publish a large number of scientific and mathematical works, for which he employed Angelus as a proof reader. The Astrolabium was later published at Venice in 1494 and 1502 by Lucantonio Giunta. H *1100; GW 1900; BMC II, 382 (IA. 6670); Polain(B) 203; Schreiber 3316; Essling 432; Goff A-711.
Median 4° (228 x 159mm). Collation: \Kp\k
FIRST EDITION of the Astrolabium by Johannes Angelus, or Engel, a professor at Ingolstadt and Vienna. The work describes each sign of the zodiac in terms of its position in relation to the sun, moon and Venus and was used to predict the movement of the stars. The 'figure celi' (horoscopes) are attributed in the text to the 13th-century medical writer Pietro d'Abano. The 19 astronomical woodcuts had appeared in previous works printed by Erhard Ratdolt, notably in his edition of Hyginus (Venice: 1482). Ratdolt had printed in Venice until he returned to his native city of Augsburg at the invitation of Bishop Friedrich von Hohenzollern in 1486 or 1487. Ratdolt proceeded to publish a large number of scientific and mathematical works, for which he employed Angelus as a proof reader. The Astrolabium was later published at Venice in 1494 and 1502 by Lucantonio Giunta. H *1100; GW 1900; BMC II, 382 (IA. 6670); Polain(B) 203; Schreiber 3316; Essling 432; Goff A-711.
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