Astrolabium
Contributors: Petrus, de Abano, approximately 1250-approximately 1315; Firmicus Maternus, Julius
Series: German books before 1601 -- roll 10A, item 3
Publisher: Erhard Ratdolt
Published: 1488
Place of publication: Augsburg
Language: lat
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Astrolabes; Early works to 1800
Notes: Leaf [1 recto] (t.p.): Astrolabium planũ in tabulis Ascendens cõtinens qualibet hora atq₃ mitõ. Equationes domoru₃ celi. Morã nati in vtero matris cu₃ quodã tractatu natiuitatũ vtili ac ornato. Nec nõ horas inequales þ quo libet climate mundi.

"Figure celi ad medium sexti climatis ... per duodecim domos verificate. quibus: imagines facierum preponuntur: graduumq₃ omnium signorum imagines: ab excellentissimo viro ... Petro de abano elaboratas": leaves [44 verso-92 verso]

"Tractatus quidam in natiuitatibus multum vtilis. ex [Matheseos] libris ... Iulij firmici: extractus": leaves [97-140]

Most of the illus. are colored.

Leaf q₁ torn and repaired.

Bookplates of J. M. Heredia, Richard Bennett, and John Pierpont Morgan.

Hain. Repertorium *1100.

Brit. Mus. Cat. (XV cent.) II, p.382 (IA.6670)

Gesamtkat. d. Wiegendr., 1900.

Goff. Third census, A-711.

Stillwell. Awakening interest in science, 51.