May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214
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Sale 2214 - Lot 129

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SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES. Libellus de sphaera. Accessit eiusdem autoris computus ecclesiasticus [and other texts]. Preface by Philipp Melanchthon. Double-page folding woodcut plate of volvelle dials and pointers to be cut and affixed to the appropriate text illustrations; 2 folding tables. [134] leaves. Small 8vo, old boards, spine defective; dark stain in gutter through most of volume, plate partly separated at center fold. Wittenberg: Johannes Crato, 1568
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The fundamental European textbook of astronomy from its composition in the 13th century through the early modern period. This edition reprints the author's critique of the Julian calendar and Erasmus Reinhold's 1541 tract on spherical astronomy. DSB XII, 60-63 and XI, 366; Houzeau & Lancaster 1657; Sarton II, 617-18; Stillwell 70 (original edition circa 1472); Zinner 2467 (this edition).