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Theoricae novae planetarum.

Accession number
PML 24772
Creator
Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461.
Object title

Theoricae novae planetarum.

Published

[Nuremberg] : [Johann Müller of Königsberg (Regiomontanus)], [about 1474]

Description

[20] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 28 cm. (fol.)

Credit line
Purached in 1927.
Notes
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/1r): Theoricae novae platetarum georgii purbachii astronomi celebratissimi.
Printed in Regiomontanus's type 1:94R.
Dated in BSB-Ink to about 1473.
Collation: [1-2¹⁰]: 20 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio
29 woodcut diagrams of planetary movements. Woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28 x 21.2 cm.
Binding
Modern laced parchment over paper boards (28.5 x 21.5 cm.), sewn on 5 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Some woodcut diagrams with pale green or yellow wash. Annotations: No notations in text.
Provenance
E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., catalogue description tipped-in (front fly leaf recto); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Goldschmidt, July 1927.
Classification
Century
Department