Le cuer de philozophie
By: translate de latin en francoys a la requeste de Philippes le bel roy de France
Publisher: Pour Anthoyne Verard, libraire demourant a lymaige saint Iehan deuant nostre dame ou au palais deuant la chappelle ou ley chante la messe de messeigneurs les presidens
Published: 1504
Place of publication: Imprime a Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Physics; Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Cosmology; Geography; Calendar; Memory
Other titles: Cœur de philosophie; Cueur des secretz de philosophie; Sphere du ciel et du monde.; Ordonnement du compost et du kalendrier.
Work titles: Placides et Timeo
Notes: Place of publication and publisher from colophon (leaf cxliiii verso); publication date from Macfarlane.

First edition.

Originally written in French; the 'translation' has been variously attributed to Simon Gréban and Jehan Bonnet.

Signatures: a-z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁶.

Errors in foliation: xviiii, xxiii, cxlii misnumbered xx, xviii, cxliii respectively.

Xylographic title with large grotesque woodcut initial L.

Sixty woodcut ill. in text, including world map on leaf cxxv recto, and 8 ill. of hands employed as memory aids; woodcut grotesque initials.

"Sp[h]ere du ciel et du monde" (leaves lxxxix verso-cxxv recto), an adaptation of Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi, is the earliest published translation of the text.

Murray, C.F. French books, 97

Macfarlane, J. Antoine Vérard, 159
Table of contents: title: Le prologue; title: La table; title: Cy commence le cueur des secretz de philosophie; title: Cy commence le spere du ciel et du monde; title: Cy ... commence lordonnement du compost et du kalendrier, et les noms de ceulx qui le firent / sicomme Maistre Symon de compiengne qui fut moyne de saint Richier en ponthieu, le quelle tra[n]slata de latin en fra[n]cois [et] selo[n] maistre aigna[m].