Accession number
PML 1480
Creator
Firmicus Maternus, Julius.
Object title
Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri, & emendati : ex Scythicis oris ad nos nuper allati. / Marci Manilii astronomicorum libri quinque. / Arati Phænomena Germanico Cæsare interprete cum com/mentariis & imaginibus. / Arati eiusdem phænomenon fragmentum Marco. T[ullio].C[icerone]. interprete. / Arati eiusdem Phænomena Ruffo Festo Auienio paraphraste. / Arati eiusdem Phænomena græce. / Theonis commentaria copiosissima in Arati Phæno/mena græce. / Procli Diadochi Sphæra græce. / Procli eiusdem Sphæra, Thoma Linacro Britanno interprete.
Published
Venetiis : [Aldus Manutius, Romanus], [June and [17] October 1499].
Description
[376] leaves : illustrations, diagrams (woodcuts) ; 290-315 mm (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Title from table of contents on leaf [*1] recto.
Imprints from colophons, followed by privilege (leaves kk8r and T8r): 1) Venetiis in ædibus Aldi Romani mense Iunio .M. ID. / Ne quis impune intergors hos, ac emendatos Materni libros, hinc ad an/nos decem formis iterum queat excudere, cautum est; 2) Venetiis cura, & diligentia Aldi Ro[mani]. Mense octobris. M. ID. Cui concessum est ab Ill[ustrissimo] S[enatu] V[enetiano] ne hos quoq[ue] libros alii cuiquam impune for/mis excudere liceat.
Printed in Aldus's types 2:114R, 2**:115R (in quires *, G-N, T), and 7:114Gr.
Signatures: *⁶; a-g¹⁰ h¹² aa-hh¹⁰ ii-kk⁸; A-D¹⁰ E¹² F⁶ G-M¹⁰ N⁶ ²N¹⁰ O-S¹⁰ T⁸: 376 leaves, leaves E7 and K10 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Published in 2 parts.
Edited by Franciscus Niger.
Woodcuts astrological diagrams in Firmicus, Matheseos; woodcut astrological illustrations in Aratus, Phaenomena, in Latin on leaves G2v-I9v, mostly derived from those in the editions of Hyginus produced by Ratdolt & others.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.8 x 21.2 cm.
Imprints from colophons, followed by privilege (leaves kk8r and T8r): 1) Venetiis in ædibus Aldi Romani mense Iunio .M. ID. / Ne quis impune intergors hos, ac emendatos Materni libros, hinc ad an/nos decem formis iterum queat excudere, cautum est; 2) Venetiis cura, & diligentia Aldi Ro[mani]. Mense octobris. M. ID. Cui concessum est ab Ill[ustrissimo] S[enatu] V[enetiano] ne hos quoq[ue] libros alii cuiquam impune for/mis excudere liceat.
Printed in Aldus's types 2:114R, 2**:115R (in quires *, G-N, T), and 7:114Gr.
Signatures: *⁶; a-g¹⁰ h¹² aa-hh¹⁰ ii-kk⁸; A-D¹⁰ E¹² F⁶ G-M¹⁰ N⁶ ²N¹⁰ O-S¹⁰ T⁸: 376 leaves, leaves E7 and K10 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Published in 2 parts.
Edited by Franciscus Niger.
Woodcuts astrological diagrams in Firmicus, Matheseos; woodcut astrological illustrations in Aratus, Phaenomena, in Latin on leaves G2v-I9v, mostly derived from those in the editions of Hyginus produced by Ratdolt & others.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.8 x 21.2 cm.
Binding
19th-century English gilt-tooled brown pigskin over paper boards (32 x 22 cm.), sewn on 5 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant title
Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri et emendati
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red and blue large lombards with red regular lombards, in a German style. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
London, British Museum, stamps and duplicate stamp, 1818 (leaves *1v and T7v); Rev. Henry Drury (1778-1841), bibliographic note and shelfmark: C.224.2 (front endleaf 1 recto and verso), not in his sale: Evans (London), 19 Feb. 1827; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), armorial booklabel (front pastedown) and shelfmark: I5 (front endleaf 1 verso), purchased in 1828 from Payne & Foss for £18.10.0, entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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