Shelfmark
Gb.5.13
Author
Title
Philolai, siue Dissertationis de vero systemate mundi, libri IV.
Varying form of title
Philolai, sive Dissertationis de vero systemate mvndi, libri IV
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Dissertationis de vero systemate mundi, libri IV
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amsterdami, : Apud Guil. & Iohannem Blaeu, , MDCXXXIX. [1639]
Physical description
[4], 159, [1] p. : ill. ; 4to.
Note
Signatures: [dagger]² A-V⁴.
Note
Ascribed to Boulliau. -- cf. Grässe.
Note
Woodcut armillary sphere device with motto "Indefessus agendo" on title-page.
Note
Initials and printed marginalia.
Note
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek with Latin translation.
Note
Woodcut diagrams throughout.
Citation/references note
Grässe, I, p. 571
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 mid brown sprinkled sheep; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled single fillet on board edges; modern rebacking in brown calf with blind tooled double fillet; red stained edges.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800
Subject
Solar system Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Blaeu, Joan, 1596 - 1673 printer.
Added entry--name
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571 - 1638 printer.
Added entry--name
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B47064