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SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES. Sphera volgare novamente tradotta [and other texts]. Italian translation by Marco Mauro. Full-page woodcut arms of Charles V on recto of first leaf; title within border of zodiac signs, with full-page allegorical depiction of the translator on verso; numerous text illustrations; full-page arms of the dedicatee, Juan Ortega de Carrión, on last page. [56] (of [58]) leaves; without the 2 unsigned leaves at end (errata and volvelle woodcut), often lacking. 4to, 206x146 mm, contemporary limp vellum; marginal foxing through most of volume, minor marginal repairs on verso of first leaf, lower outer corner of title torn and restored with slight loss to title border and woodcut on verso, stains in upper portion of last several leaves. Contemporary hand-drawn diagram of cardinal and intermediate directions on M1r and dense marginalia on N1r and N4v. From the library of Frank S. Streeter (sale, Christie's, 17 April 2007, lot 455). (Venice: Bartolomeo Zanetti for Juan Ortega de Carrión, 1537)
first edition in italian of the standard astronomy textbook of the period, with added texts on cosmography and navigation. Alden 537/17 (for 2 woodcuts with globe showing America); Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 452; Sander 4441. See also lot 121.
