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SARZOSA, Francisco (d. 1556). In aequatorem planetarum libri duo. Paris: Simon Colines, 1526.
2° (310 x 210mm). Title within figurated criblé border attributed to Oronce Finé, 14 astronomical woodcuts in the text of the first book, 4 full-page and with extension flap, and 12 additional diagrams in the margins. Large criblé initials, most from the Colines set attributed to Geoffroy Tory. Letterpress tables. (A little light browning, bottom margin of f5 a touch waterstained, some shoulder notes in quires f-g slightly cropped.) 19th-century panelled calf (rubbed, front cover detached). Provenance: Dyson Perrins (bookplate) – Robert Honeyman (bookplate; The Honeyman Collection, part VI, Sotheby’s London, 10-11 November 1980, lot 2751).
FIRST EDITION of this admirable example of French Renaissance bookmaking (the reputed Venice edition of 1525 appears to be a ghost).The fine title border was put to use in other scientific works by Colines such as the Arithmetica of Martinez Siliceo, also published in 1526. The female figures to one side represent Astronomy, Music, Geometry and Arithmetic, their respective exponents, Ptolemy, Orpheus, Euclid and Algorismus (al-Khowarazmi) appear on the other; the arms of France and of the Dauphin are seen above and below. This is the only printed work by the Spaniard Francisco Sarzosa. According to Picatoste y Rodriguez, he was a renowned mathematician and astronomer whose calculations were used by Tycho Brahe. No copy in BnF. BL/STC French Books p.395; Houzeau and Lancaster 4782; Mortimer/Harvard French 482; Picatoste y Rodriguez, Biblioteca cienti´fica espan~ola del siglo XVI 752; Palau 302699; Renouard, Colines p. 91; not in Schreiber.
2° (310 x 210mm). Title within figurated criblé border attributed to Oronce Finé, 14 astronomical woodcuts in the text of the first book, 4 full-page and with extension flap, and 12 additional diagrams in the margins. Large criblé initials, most from the Colines set attributed to Geoffroy Tory. Letterpress tables. (A little light browning, bottom margin of f5 a touch waterstained, some shoulder notes in quires f-g slightly cropped.) 19th-century panelled calf (rubbed, front cover detached). Provenance: Dyson Perrins (bookplate) – Robert Honeyman (bookplate; The Honeyman Collection, part VI, Sotheby’s London, 10-11 November 1980, lot 2751).
FIRST EDITION of this admirable example of French Renaissance bookmaking (the reputed Venice edition of 1525 appears to be a ghost).The fine title border was put to use in other scientific works by Colines such as the Arithmetica of Martinez Siliceo, also published in 1526. The female figures to one side represent Astronomy, Music, Geometry and Arithmetic, their respective exponents, Ptolemy, Orpheus, Euclid and Algorismus (al-Khowarazmi) appear on the other; the arms of France and of the Dauphin are seen above and below. This is the only printed work by the Spaniard Francisco Sarzosa. According to Picatoste y Rodriguez, he was a renowned mathematician and astronomer whose calculations were used by Tycho Brahe. No copy in BnF. BL/STC French Books p.395; Houzeau and Lancaster 4782; Mortimer/Harvard French 482; Picatoste y Rodriguez, Biblioteca cienti´fica espan~ola del siglo XVI 752; Palau 302699; Renouard, Colines p. 91; not in Schreiber.
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