Shelfmark
Gb.5.18(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Compositio horologiorum]
Title
Horologiographia, post priorem aeditionem per Sebast. Mvnstervm recognita, & plurimum aucta atq; locupletata, adiectis multis novis descriptionibus & figuris, in plano, concavo, convexo, erecta superficie &c.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae : Excudebat Henricus Petrus, M.D.XXXIII [1533].
Physical description
[56], 334, [2]p : ill. (woodcuts) ; 20cm. (4to).
Note
Colophon: "Basileae excudebat Henricus Petrus, mense Augusto, anno M.D.XXXIII".
Note
Numerous woodcut ill. and diagrams; the ill. are those of the 1531 ed. with numerous additions. The cylindrical sundial (p. [269]), the nocturnal on p. [294], and perhaps the Schema concaui (p. 278) are after Hans Holbein.
Note
A folded plate of a wall sundial was originally intended to accompany the work and is described in the last chapter, in which Münster explains that the plate was published separately; the dial described appears as a folding plate in his Rudimenta mathematica, 1551, and his Der Horologien, oder Sonnen vhren, künstliche Beschreibung, 1579.
Note
Errata: p. 334.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Adams identifies two issues of this work (M1918 and M1919); in this issue (M1919) p. 334 is numbered correctly; in the other issue (M1918) it is misnumbered 534.
Note
Ms. contents list inside front board.
Note
Previously: Dd.6.7.
Note
Bound with two other items.
Citation/references note
Adams M1919; BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 632; CLC M1587
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
From the library of John Harrison, Headmaster (card cat.).
Binding
16th century brown calf; triple blind fillet to form a border.
Subject
Clocks and watches Early works to 1800.
Subject
Horology Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sundials Early works to 1800.
Subject
Science Miscellaneous.
Subject
Dialing.
Added entry--name
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Added entry--name
Petri, Heinrich, 1508 - 1579 printer.
Added entry--name
Holbein, Hans, 1497 - 1543 illustrator.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basle.
Identifier
B24409