Shelfmark
Gb.5.06
Author
Uniform title
[Bedenckingen op den dagelyckschen, ende jaerlyckschen loop van den aerdt-cloot. Latin.]
Title
Philippi Lansbergii Commentationes in motum terræ diurnum, & annuum; : et in verum ad spectabilis cæli typum. In quibus epistēmonikōs ostenditur, diurnum, annuumque motum qui apparet in sole, & caelo, non deberi soli, aut caelo, sed soli terrae: simulque adspectabilis primi caeli typus, ad vivum exprimitur. / Ex Belgico sermone in Latinum versae, à Martino Hortensio Delfensi: vnà cum ipsius pr[a]efatione, in quâ astronomi[a]e Brah[a]ean[a]e fundamenta examinantur; & cum Lansbergianâ astronomiae restitutione conferuntur.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Commentationes in motum terræ diurnum & annuum
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Commentationes in motvm terræ diurnum & annuum
Publication, distribution, etc.
Middelburgi, : Apud Zachariam Romanum, M. DC. XXX. [1630]
Physical description
[40], 65, [3] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., diagrams ; 23 cm. (4to.)
Note
Signatures: A⁴ **⁴ ***⁴, ²A⁴ B-F⁴ G² (G2 missigned G4) H-L⁴ (L4 blank).
Note
Woodcut title-page vignette depicting the heliocentric system.
Note
Woodcut head-pieces and initials.
Note
Translation by Marten Vanden Hove of Lansberge's "Bedenckingen op den dagelyskschen, ende jaerlyskschen loop van den aerdt-cloot.
Note
A French translation appeared in Middelburg in 1633.
Note
"In caelum tertium. De tertio coelo, seu throno Dei" on pages 61-65.
Note
"Errata quaedam lector benevolus sic corrigat." on L3v.
Note
Final leaf blank.
Citation/references note
Grässe, v. 4, p. 101
Citation/references note
Lalande, J.J. le F. de. Bibl. astronomique, p. 195
Citation/references note
BN, v. 202, column 127
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page.
Provenance
Possibly from the library of John Harrison, Head Master of Eton, 1630-1642, according to the card catalogue record.
Binding
Contemporary limp vellum; traces of two ties; four sewn bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Eg.4.13, Dd.4.16, Fd.4.16.
Subject
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Earth (Planet) Rotation Early works to 1800.
Subject
Solar system Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hortensius, Martinus, 1605 - 1639 translator.
Added entry--name
Roman, Zacharias, 1595 - 1676 publisher.
Added entry--name
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Middelburg.
Language code
lat dut
Identifier
B47028