Accession number
PML 79110
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
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
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: 26.9 x 18.4 cm.
PML copy is only quires A-K, including leaf K10 (blank).
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: 26.9 x 18.4 cm.
PML copy is only quires A-K, including leaf K10 (blank).
Binding
16th/17th-century(?) laced limp vellum (27 x 19 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves. 2 ties, missing.
Variant title
Checklist title: Scriptores astronomici veteres
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Moderately severe worm damage throughout text.
Provenance
Unidentified inscription: "P. Michael [pen flourishes] Laudate" (leaf A6r); unidentified shelf mark: P. 11. 24 (rear pastedown); Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 47, purchased from Belmore (Rome) for lire 425, Nov. 1931; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
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