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SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES. Sphaera . . . emendata. With commentary by Élie Vinet and Giovanni Pierio Valeriano Bolzani. Numerous woodcut illustrations; lacks the volvelles. [16], 207, [15] (of [17]) pages; lacks the final blank. 8vo, 159x105 mm, contemporary limp vellum, recased, endpapers renewed; marginal dampstaining and occasional browning, early inscriptions on title. Lyon: (Symphorien Barbier for) heirs of Jacobus Giunta, 1567
The fundamental European textbook of astronomy from its composition in the 13th century through the early modern period. DSB XII, 60-63 and XI, 366; Houzeau & Lancaster 1657; Sarton II, 617-18; Stillwell 70 (original edition circa 1472).
