![JOHANNES DE SACROBOSCO (1190-ca.1250). Sphaera mundi [with other tracts]. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 4 Oct, 1490. Chancery 4° (220 x 160mm). Roman type. Full-page woodcut on verso of title showing Astronomia enthroned by Urania and Ptolemy, large woodcut of the 'Sphaera mundi' on a3v, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, 7 diagrams of planetary orbits coloured in stencil. (Marginal worming to first 8 leaves, tiny burn-hole on full-page woodcut, some soiling, mainly marginal, light waterstaining.) Later vellum, label on spine (some staining, a tiny hole). Provenance: Collalti Bibliothek (bookplate dated 1771) -- F. Fraternali (book dealer's stamp).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04826_0089_000(johannes_de_sacrobosco_sphaera_mundi_with_other_tracts_venice_bonetus091801).jpg?w=1)
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JOHANNES DE SACROBOSCO (1190-ca.1250). Sphaera mundi [with other tracts]. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 4 Oct, 1490. Chancery 4° (220 x 160mm). Roman type. Full-page woodcut on verso of title showing Astronomia enthroned by Urania and Ptolemy, large woodcut of the 'Sphaera mundi' on a3v, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, 7 diagrams of planetary orbits coloured in stencil. (Marginal worming to first 8 leaves, tiny burn-hole on full-page woodcut, some soiling, mainly marginal, light waterstaining.) Later vellum, label on spine (some staining, a tiny hole). Provenance: Collalti Bibliothek (bookplate dated 1771) -- F. Fraternali (book dealer's stamp).
The Sphaera mundi is Sacrobosco's most popular astronomical treaties and one of the most frequently reprinted scientific books of the 15th century: over 30 editions are recorded between 1472 and 1501. In the present edition it is accompanied by J. Regiomantanus, Disputationes contra Cremonensia and G. Peurbach, Theoricae novae planetarum. The woodcuts first appeared in Johannes Santritter and Hieronymus de Sanctis's edition of 31 March 1488. HC*14113; BMC V, 438; IGI 5346; BSB-Ink I-507; CIBN J-273; Bod-inc J-184; Klebs 874.14; Goff J-409.
The Sphaera mundi is Sacrobosco's most popular astronomical treaties and one of the most frequently reprinted scientific books of the 15th century: over 30 editions are recorded between 1472 and 1501. In the present edition it is accompanied by J. Regiomantanus, Disputationes contra Cremonensia and G. Peurbach, Theoricae novae planetarum. The woodcuts first appeared in Johannes Santritter and Hieronymus de Sanctis's edition of 31 March 1488. HC*14113; BMC V, 438; IGI 5346; BSB-Ink I-507; CIBN J-273; Bod-inc J-184; Klebs 874.14; Goff J-409.