Shelfmark
Gb.5.01(01)
Author
Mahmūd Shāh Khuljī author.
Title
Astronomica quædam ex traditione Shah Cholgii Persæ : una cum hypothesibus planetarum: / studio et opera Johannis Gravii nunc primum publicata.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini, : Typis Jacobi Flesher: prostant apud Cornelium Bee, in vico vulgò vocato Little-Britain., MDC LII. [1652]
Physical description
[17], 97, [2] pages : illustrations ; 4ʻ́.
Note
Signatures: ¶4, A4-N4, O2 (¶1 and O2 blank).
Note
Original Persian title not traced.
Note
Text arranged as for Persian text, from right to left.
Note
Persian and Latin on facing pages.
Note
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Note
Identified as Wing G1797 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1207, and as M261 on reel 696.
Note
With head- and tailpieces; and initials.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R1031
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), C3923
Provenance
Booklabel recording bequest to Eton College by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Provenance
Inscription on title-page: J. Walker.
Binding
Contemporary sprinkled calf; gold tooled sprig roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration and title on spine; four raised bands; green and red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
First of two items bound in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dc.6.21.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astronomy, Arab Early works to 1800.
Subject
Planets Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Greaves, John, 1602 - 1652 translator.
Added entry--name
Flesher, James, ? - d. 1670 printer.
Added entry--name
Bee, Cornelius bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat per per
Identifier
B47016