Flores Albumasaris.

Accession number:

PML 125701

Author:

Abū Maʻshar, -886.

Published:

Auguste Veindelicorum : Erhardi Ratdolt, .xiiij. kal[endas] Dece[m]bris .M.cccc.lxxxviij [18 November 1488].

Description:

[20] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994. NNPM

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c3v: Opus floru[m] Albumasaris explicit feliciter. Erhardi Ratdolt Augustensis viri solertis eximia industria: [et] mira imprimendi arte: qua nup[er] Venetijs: nu[n]c Auguste Vindelico[rum] excellit nominatissim[us] .xiiij. kal[endas] Dece[m]bris .M.cccc.lxxxviij.
Printed in Ratdolt's types 4:76G, 8:90R, and 9:130G.
Signatures: a-b⁸c⁴: 20 leaves, leaf c4 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Translated by Johannes Hispalensis.
Woodcuts and woodcut initials.
For the translator see F.J. Carmody, Arabic astronomical and astrological sciences in translation (Berkeley, 1955), p.92 (CIBN).
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19 x 14 cm. NNPM
Morgan copy missing 1 leaf: c4 (blank). NNPM

Binding:

20th-century vellum over pasteboard (21 x 16 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedows and endleaves. NNPM

Variant Title:

Flores astrologiae

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary red and yellow rubrication, capital strokes, and initials and woodcuts sporadically colored.

Provenance:

Francis R. Forbes, British diplomat active in Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany, inscription, Vienna, 16th May 1829 (front endleaf 2 recto) and initials (leaf a6r); Julia P. Wightman (1909-1994), bookplate (front pastedown), purchased Dawson's Book Shop, 1964, donated to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994. NNPM

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Department:

Printed Books