![FARGANI, Ahmad Ibn-Muhammad al- (c. 800-870). Chronologica et Astronomica. Frankfurt: heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claud Marnius and Joannes Aubry, 1590. [Bound with:] MIZAUD, Antoine (1520-1578). Explicatio et usus Coelestis Ephemeridis. Paris: J. Kerver, [n.d.].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12140_0458_000(fargani_ahmad_ibn-muhammad_al-_chronologica_et_astronomica_frankfurt_h083157).jpg?w=1)
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FARGANI, Ahmad Ibn-Muhammad al- (c. 800-870). Chronologica et Astronomica. Frankfurt: heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claud Marnius and Joannes Aubry, 1590. [Bound with:] MIZAUD, Antoine (1520-1578). Explicatio et usus Coelestis Ephemeridis. Paris: J. Kerver, [n.d.].
8° (170 x 101mm). First work: Wechel device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials. Second work: Kerver’s unicorn device on title, woodcut initials. (Some browning to first work, the second slightly affected by damp and lacking final ?blank e8). Contemporary brown goatskin, covers stamped in blind with the emblem of the royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, gilt edges, title penned on fore-edge (spine worn, covers rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: El Escorial (binding, shelf mark).
This is the third edition of the Latin translation of al-Farghani's work by the Heidelberg professor Jakob Christmann. It based in part on a medieval Hebrew translation by Jacob Anatoli. This edition also includes al-Farghani's ‘Treatise on Time’. Adams A-739; VD16 A1203; Zinner 3368; cf. Houzeau and Lancaster 1112.
8° (170 x 101mm). First work: Wechel device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials. Second work: Kerver’s unicorn device on title, woodcut initials. (Some browning to first work, the second slightly affected by damp and lacking final ?blank e8). Contemporary brown goatskin, covers stamped in blind with the emblem of the royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, gilt edges, title penned on fore-edge (spine worn, covers rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: El Escorial (binding, shelf mark).
This is the third edition of the Latin translation of al-Farghani's work by the Heidelberg professor Jakob Christmann. It based in part on a medieval Hebrew translation by Jacob Anatoli. This edition also includes al-Farghani's ‘Treatise on Time’. Adams A-739; VD16 A1203; Zinner 3368; cf. Houzeau and Lancaster 1112.
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