Astronomicum Caesareum:.
Apian, Peter,1495-1552.
AlbrechtV,Duke of Bavaria,1528-1579,former owner.StEdNL
Bosch, Wolfgang,active 1543,former owner.StEdNL
Lothian, William Kerr,Marquess of,approximately 1661-1722,former owner.StEdNL
Stirling Maxwell, William,1818-1878.
Lothian, Schomberg Henry Kerr,Marquess of,1833-1900.
Factum et actum Ingolstadii : in aedibus nostris.,
anno a Christo nato sesquimillesimo quadragesimo mense maio. [May 1540]
Signatures: A-F⁴ G⁵ H-N⁴ O⁷.
Imprint from colophon.
The colophon is printed in reverse from right to left.
Illustrations, initials and volvelles are coloured.
Volvelles on recto of [B3], C, [C3], D, D3, E, E2, [E4], F2, F3, [G4], [G5], K3, [K4], L1, L2, L3, [L4], M1, M3, and on verso of [G3].
On verso of title page, the arms of the dedicatees Emperor Charles V and Ferdinand I.
Leaf [O6]: Insignia Petri Apiani.
Printed in double columns.
With a final blank leaf.
With a letter from Sir William Stirling Maxwell to Lord Lothian dated 1872 bound into the front of the volume.
Printed and coloured arms headed Albrecht Hertzog in Bayrn .u. on front pastedown with manuscript below: Ex dono illustrissimi principis Alberti ūtriūsq, Bavarie Ducis. D. CL M D XLI. Engraved armorial bookplate on rear pastedown with manuscript: Elige vitam ut vivas 1543 [and] Sperans no infirmabor Vuolfg: Bosch VI Doctor. The crest on the bookplate matches that used in the arms of Wolfgang Bosch (mayor of Ljubljana 1520-1524) dated 1528 above the door of his house at Fish Square in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Armorial bookplate of 2nd Marquess of Lothian facing title page.
Contemporary blind and gilt stamped leather with gilt gauffered edges.
Astronomy
Germany Ingolstadt.