Sphaera mundi
Contributors: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476; Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461
Series: Italian books before 1601 -- roll 169, item 8
Publisher: Leucho
Published: 1519
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Astronomy; Early works to 1800
Notes: Colophon: Hoc quoq[ue] sideralis scientie singulare opusculum. Impressum Venetiis [er] Iacobu[m] Pe[m]tiu[m] de Leucho. Anno salutis. M.D.XIX. Die vero .XXIIII. dece[m]bris (followed by Melchior Sessa's device, cat and mouse)

Signatures: A-F⁸ (last leaf, blank? wanting)

Large woodcut on t.-p. (Zodiac with Ptolemy seated between Astronomia and Urania; cat at lower end); initials.

Caption title: Spherae mvndi compendivm foeliciter inchoat. Nouitiis a adolesce[m]tib[us]: ad astronomica[m] re[m]pu. capessenda[m] additu[m] impetra[n]tibus: [er] breui rectoq[ue] tramite a vulgari vestigio semoto: Ioa[n]nis de Sacro Busto Sphericu[m] opusculum vna cu[m] additionib[us] no[n]ullis littera A sparsim vbi interserte sint signatis. Co[n]traq[ue] Cremone[n]sia in planetaru[m] theoricas deliramenta Ioa[n]is de Mo[n]teregio disputationes tam acuratis. qva[m] vtilis: nec no[n] Georgii Purbachii: in eorundem motus planetaru[m] accuratis. theorice: dicatu[m] opus vtili serie contextum: fausto sidere inchoat.

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