Accession number
PML 1778
Creator
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Published
Basileae : Apud Ioannem VValderum, 1538.
Credit line
Purchased with Toovey collection,
Description
2 pts. in 1 v. : ill. ; 32 cm (fol)
Notes
"Almagestum" - 1st ed. ...
Paging irregular.
Printed in Greek.
Syntaxis edited with a Latin preface, by Simon Grynaeus.
Theon's Commentariorum lib. XI. edited, with a Latin preface, by Joachim Camerarius.
Paging irregular.
Printed in Greek.
Syntaxis edited with a Latin preface, by Simon Grynaeus.
Theon's Commentariorum lib. XI. edited, with a Latin preface, by Joachim Camerarius.
Binding
17th-century English brown calf, gold-tooled with the royal arms of England and 4 rampant lions, for Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James I, rebinding retailed the spine with the Tudor rose and portcullis emblems and Cranmer's initials. Edges in a leopard
Variant title
Claudii Ptolemaei Magnae constructionibus, id est, Perfectae coelestium motuum pertractionis, lib XIII
Provenance
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, signature (by secretary?) and gilt initials "T C" on spine (with Tudor roses and portcullis emblems), many books from his library passed to: Henry Fitzalan, earl of Aundel (1511?-1580), through inherit
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