Shelfmark
Gb.5.08(01)
Author
Title
Philippi LansbergI Vranometriae libri tres. : In quibus, lunae, solis, & reliquorum planetarum, & inerrantium stellarum distantiae à terra, & magnitudines, hactenus ignoratae perspicuè demonstrantur. Ad illustres & potentes Zelandiae ordinum delegatos.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Vranometriae libri tres
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Uranometriae libri tres
Publication, distribution, etc.
Middelburgi Zelandiae. : Apud Zachariam Romanum bibliopolam., Anno M.D.C.XXXI. [1631]
Physical description
[24], 134, [2] p. : diagrams ; 21 cm. (4to.)
Note
Colophon: Lugduni Batavorum, ex officinâ typographica Gulielmi Christiani. MDC.XXXI.
Note
Title page with woodcut astronomical illustration.
Note
Printer's device above colophon.
Note
Woodcut geometrical diagrams throughout.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
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
First of two items bound in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Dd.4.23, Fd.4.23, Eg.4.18.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Roman, Zacharias, 1595 - 1676 printer.
Added entry--name
Boxe, Willem Christiaens van der printer.
Added entry--name
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Middelburg.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Identifier
B47049