BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Binding of stamped calf on wooden boards from between 1482 and 1492. Originally the volume had 5 brass bosses on each board, 2 are now wanting from the front board. Remnants of brass clasps., BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Presentation inscription: Hic liber est mei Jeronimj Monetarii de Feltkirchen, arciu[m] ast medicinae doctoris, quem mihi dono dedit Bernardus Walther, Ciuis Nure[n]berge, sua etate in mathematica peritissim[us], anno salut[is] 1492 in dieb[us] Julii., BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: With: Georg von, 1423-1461. Theoricae novae planetarum. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1474. Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Vniversis bonarum artium studiosis Ioannes de Monteregio .S.D.P. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1475., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., Title from incipit in red (leaf a2r)., Translated from Arabic by Adelard of Bath; edited by Campano da Novara. While books I-XIII are Euclid's (cf. Th. Heath. The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. 1956, v.3, p. 519), Book XIV is a work of the 2d cent. by Hypsicles and book XV the work of a Roman land-surveyor of the 6th century. For a discussion by B.L. van der Waerden of Euclid's sources see Enc. Brit., 15th ed., Micro. IV, p 589., With dedicatory letter by Erhard Ratdolt., and Woodcut initials, large and small, and diagrams in margins throughout; woodcut three-sided border on leaf a2r.
Adelard, of Bath, ca. 1116-1142, Altschul, Frank,--1887-1981--Bookplate, Brandenburg, Hilprand,--1442-1514--Presentation inscription to Reichskartause Buxheim, Campano, da Novara, d. 1296, Hypsicles, of Alexandria, Münzer, Hieronymus,--d. 1508--Presentation inscription from B. Walther, Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 8, Reichskartause Buxheim Presentation inscription from Hilprand Brandenburg, and Walther, Bernhard,--1430-1504--Presention inscription to H. Münzer
Subject (Topic):
Geometry--Early works to 1800, Incunabula in Yale Library, and Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800
Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 3384). Purchased in 1956 from L. C. Witten by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: ca. 1500, Italy. Original sewing on three tawed skin, slit straps laid in channels on the outside of wooden boards. Gilt edges. The secondary, beaded endband is cream and green. Covered in reddish brown goatskin, blind-tooled with a floral border and fleurons in a central panel. Name of owner is gold-tooled on side in Roman letters that have been modified to form Greek letters. Spine: triple fillets at head and tail; single fillet diapering in the panels. Gold tooling added later. Traces of two fastenings, the catches on the lower board; the upper board heavily cut in for clasps. Modern title on spine: "Guarini Lexicon Ineditum. MS. in membranis"., and The decoration consists of an illuminated title page, with full border, thin white vine-stem ornament with stylized foliage in red, pink, blue against blue, green and pink ground with white dots and gold balls. In outer border two vases, blue with white highlights, and three roundels framed in red, green or pink with Roman profile heads wearing fillets against blue or gold ground. In inner border foliage curling around a thin gold bar. The upper border consists of a garland, green with gold highlights, tied with red ribbons against a blue and gold ground with two masks, one spouting water. Unidentified arms (palm? tree on red ground) in center of lower border. Large illuminated initial, 12-line, gold against a predominately blue ground with some green, pink, red and gold, and sprouting vine-stem ornament, white with pale brown shading and stylized foliage in red, pink and light brown. 25 illuminated initials for letters of Greek alphabet, 6- to 5-line, gold, against blue, green and dark pink grounds with stylized white vine-stem ornament or white stylized foliage. 2 small illuminated initials (ff. 205v and 206r), 3-line, gold against blue, red and green ground with pale yellow and white dots and white filigree. Heading on f. 1r in blue; others in red. Plain initials in red.
Caption title., Final p. blank., Imperfect: wormed, with slight loss of text., Imprint from Walsh and Sack. Reichling lists the work as printed in Bologna by Balthasar Azoguidus ca. 1480. Goff lists it as printed in Venice by Philippus Pincius ca. 1495., Leaf tipped in at end with ms. volvelle containing moveable parts., Ms. notes in a number of contemporary hands. Bookseller's label: Fiammetta Soave, Roma., Signatures: a-f⁴., and Translated by Francesco Griffolino (also known as Francescus Arretinus).
Publisher:
Lazzaro de' Soardi,
Subject (Name):
Griffolini, Francesco, 1418-1483., Phalaris,--Tyrant of Agrigentum,--6th cent. B.C., and Soardi, Lazzaro de', ca. 1450-1517.