![PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (c.100-c.170). [Almagest, in Greek.] Magnae constructionis, id est perfectae coelestium motuum pertractionis. Edited by Simon Grynaeus (d.1541). — THEON Alexandrinus (fl. A.D. 364). In Claudii Ptolemaei commentariorum, in Greek. Edited by Joachim Camerarius (1500-74). Basel: Johann Walder, 1538.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_12114_0269_000(ptolemaeus_claudius_almagest_in_greek_magnae_constructionis_id_est_per062850).jpg?w=1)
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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (c.100-c.170). [Almagest, in Greek.] Magnae constructionis, id est perfectae coelestium motuum pertractionis. Edited by Simon Grynaeus (d.1541). — THEON Alexandrinus (fl. A.D. 364). In Claudii Ptolemaei commentariorum, in Greek. Edited by Joachim Camerarius (1500-74). Basel: Johann Walder, 1538.
2 volumes, 2° (316 x 207mm). With the printed dedication to Henry VIII of England. Printer's woodcut device on title, historiated woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams. (Title and first gathering of volume I and last few leaves of volume II repaired at inner margin, occasional marginal soiling and light scattered spotting, without the final blank.) 18th-century mottled calf (front board of volume I lacking, front board of volume II detached, other joints splitting, spines worn and lacking labels, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Matthew Raper (1705-1778, astronomer; cancelled signature on titles).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of 'a masterpiece of clarity and method, superior to any ancient scientific textbook and with few peers from any period' (DSB). Ptolemy’s influential Almagest is a compendium of astronomical knowledge to date, starting with mathematical principles and continuing through theories of the motions of heavenly bodies, including phenomena such as eclipses, and providing a catalogue of stars. Ptolemy also describes a number of scientific instruments: the equatorial armillary, the plinth and meridional armillary, the armillary astrolabon, and others. This first edition in Greek of Almagest is accompanied by Theon of Alexandria’s commentary. Theon, father of the celebrated female mathematician and philosopher Hypatia, composed the work as a redaction of his lectures on Almagest, said to have been given at the Museum in Alexandria. The commentary is of particular value to modern scholars because it preserves information about now-lost mathematical and astronomical treatises. Matthew Raper was awarded the Royal Society’s Copley medal in 1771; his nephew, also called Matthew, joined the Royal Institution in 1804 and became a manager in 1814: other family members donated books to the RI until the 1860s. Adams P-2209; Norman 1761.
2 volumes, 2° (316 x 207mm). With the printed dedication to Henry VIII of England. Printer's woodcut device on title, historiated woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams. (Title and first gathering of volume I and last few leaves of volume II repaired at inner margin, occasional marginal soiling and light scattered spotting, without the final blank.) 18th-century mottled calf (front board of volume I lacking, front board of volume II detached, other joints splitting, spines worn and lacking labels, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Matthew Raper (1705-1778, astronomer; cancelled signature on titles).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of 'a masterpiece of clarity and method, superior to any ancient scientific textbook and with few peers from any period' (DSB). Ptolemy’s influential Almagest is a compendium of astronomical knowledge to date, starting with mathematical principles and continuing through theories of the motions of heavenly bodies, including phenomena such as eclipses, and providing a catalogue of stars. Ptolemy also describes a number of scientific instruments: the equatorial armillary, the plinth and meridional armillary, the armillary astrolabon, and others. This first edition in Greek of Almagest is accompanied by Theon of Alexandria’s commentary. Theon, father of the celebrated female mathematician and philosopher Hypatia, composed the work as a redaction of his lectures on Almagest, said to have been given at the Museum in Alexandria. The commentary is of particular value to modern scholars because it preserves information about now-lost mathematical and astronomical treatises. Matthew Raper was awarded the Royal Society’s Copley medal in 1771; his nephew, also called Matthew, joined the Royal Institution in 1804 and became a manager in 1814: other family members donated books to the RI until the 1860s. Adams P-2209; Norman 1761.
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