Shelfmark
Gb.4.20
Author
Title
Ephemerides coelestium motuum, Io. Antonii Magini Patauini, ab anno domini 1608 vsque ad annum 1630 secundum Copernici oberuationes accuratissime supputatæ, correctæ & continuatæ, ad longitudinem inclytæ Venetiarum vrbis. Eiusdem Isagoge in astrologiam, itemq[ue] de vsu ephemeridum, de annuis reuolutionibus, & de stellis fixis tractatus absolutissimi. Compendiu item directionum pro directionibus noua ratione conficiendis, vnà cum quadrante directorio secundum mentem Ptolemæi, & quadrante motus horarii planetarum, cuius ope planetæ singuli ad quoduis temporis momentum, absq[ue] vllo calculi labore ex ephemeridibus supputantur. Accedit huic editioni nouæ Isagogicarum ephemeridum supplementum, quo continentur reductio facilis motus solis harum ephemeridum ad Tychonicam rationem, itemque de reuolutionibus annuis, introitu Solis in singulorum signorum initia, & aquatione temporis, ex eiusdem Tychonis fundamentis tractatus: nec non Astrologicæ circa agriculturam & Nauigatoriam obseruationes, & De mutatione aeris libellus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francoforti, : Typis Wolffgangi Richteri, sumptibus Ioan. Theobal. Schönwetteri, Anno M. DC. VIII. [1608]
Physical description
2 v. in 1 ([12], 367, [1]; [8], 755, [1] p.) : ill. ; 26 cm. (4to.)
Note
Part 2 has separate pagination and title page: "Continuatio Ephemeridum coelestium motuum ... Editio noua, correcta & absoluta prodit".
Note
Both title-pages are printed within an engraved border depicting Pliny and Aristotle, signed G. Keller.
Note
Woodcut initials; head- and tail-pieces; diagrams and tables.
Note
Signatures: (?)4, (?) (?)2, A4-ZZ4; )(4, Aa4-Bbbbbb4, Cccccc2.
Provenance
Ownership inscription of Richard Hangar on title-page.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on title-page verso.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; traces of red sealing wax on front board; blind tooled double fillet on spine; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Inscription on front flyleaf: Sed prodiga lungua reddit [sic] exosum Vae tibi lingua loquax. From Nigellus's Speculum stultorum.
Copy-specific note
Marginal annotations, particularly in 1611-1615, detailing contemporary events (such as the death of Arbella Stuart in 1615) and family occurences, including births.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Dg.4.3, Fc.3.15, Al.6.4.
Subject
Ephemerides Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astrology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Richter, Wolfgang, ? - d.1626 printer.
Added entry--name
Schönwetter, Johann Theobald, 1575? - 1657 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Keller, Georg, 1568 - 1634 engraver.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47012