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SACROBOSCO, Johannes de (fl. 1230) [John HOLYWOOD]. Sphaera emendata, Antwerp: Ioannes Bellerus, 11 July 1573. Small 8° (153 x 98mm). Printer's device on title, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, 4 with volvelles, with the final blank. (Lightly waterstained.) Modern vellum. Provenance: library stamp (on verso of title, partly erased).
Joannes de Sacrobosco or John Holywood, a monk of English origin, owes his reputation as an astronomer chiefly to this astronomical textbook. It was first published in Ferrara in 1472. Adams H733.
Joannes de Sacrobosco or John Holywood, a monk of English origin, owes his reputation as an astronomer chiefly to this astronomical textbook. It was first published in Ferrara in 1472. Adams H733.
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