Shelfmark
Fg.8.16A
Author
Uniform title
[De sphaera. Greek & Latin]
Title
Procli De sphaera liber. Cleomedis De mundo, siue Circularis inspectionis meteororum libri duo. Arati Solensis Phænomena, siue Apparentia. Dionysij Aphri Descriptio orbis habitabilis. Omnia Græcè & Latinè ita coniuncta, vt conferri ab vtriusque linguæ studiosis, in quorum gratiam eduntur, possint: adiectis etiam annotationibus.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De sphaera liber
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiae, : Ex officina Ioannis Loei,, Anno M. D. LIII. [1553 i.e. 1553-1554].
Physical description
[9], 118, 117-268, [2], 270-476 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Language
Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.
Note
Signatures: A-R⁸ S⁴, ²A-N⁸.
Note
Leaf ²A1 recto (p. [269]) is an additional title page: 'Arati Solensis Phaenomena siue apparentia. ...'; with imprint dated 1554.
Note
Dedicatory epistle (dated 1547) is signed: Marcus Hopperus.
Note
Woodcuts: printer's device, initials.
Provenance
Storer bequest booklabel dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Binding
?18th-century vellum laced case binding, laced at three sewing supports; green morocco overlay on spine, double-ruled and lettered in gilt; green fore-edges.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect; part 2 (p. [269]-476) only, containing the works by Aratus and Dionysius.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Cb.2.4.10, Cb.2.6.24.
Copy-specific note
18th-century inventory/lot number on front pastedown: 4085.
Subject
Cosmography Collected works Early works to 1800
Subject
Astronomy, Greek Collected works Early works to 1800
Added entry--name
Loë, Jean de, active 1545 - 1560 printer.
Added entry--name
Hopper, Marcus, ? - d. 1564 editor.
Added entry--name
Dionysius, Periegetes Periegetes. Orbis terrae descriptio. Greek & Latin.
Added entry--name
Cleomedes Elementary theory of the heavens. Latin & Greek.
Added entry--name
Aratus Solensis. Phaenomena. Latin & Greek.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B35241