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ALBUMASAR, Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abou Ma'shar al-Balkhî, lat. en (787-886)

Lot 3
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 3 | ALBUMASAR, Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abou Ma'shar al-Balkhî, lat. en (787-886)
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ALBUMASAR, Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abou Ma'shar al-Balkhî, lat. en (787-886). Introductorium in astronomiam Albumasaris abachi octo continens libros partiales. Venise : per Giacomo Penzio mandato & expensis Melchiorre I Sessa, 1506.

Séduisant exemplaire de cette édition d'un texte du plus célèbre astronome de la période abbasside (circa 750-1258), et l'un des auteurs médiévaux les plus prolifiques dans ce domaine. C'est pourtant à près de cinquante ans qu'Albumasar se consacra véritablement à l'astronomie, proposant une synthèse d'observations, d'hypothèses et de philosophies. "Parmi les ouvrages où les Arabes ont traité des marées et que les Chrétiens ont traduits et étudiés, le premier en date est, en même temps, de beaucoup, le plus important. C'est le fameux introductorium in Astronomiam d'Abou Masar. C'est dans ce livre, peut-on dire, que tout le Moyen Âge latin a appris les lois du flux et du reflux de la mer". L'astronome est représenté en pleine observation sur le superbe bois qui orne la page de titre. Le texte est une traduction latine, établie au milieu du XIIe siècle et imprimée pour la première fois en 1489. USTC 808416 ; Duhem, II, pp. 369-386 ; Graesse, I, p. 60.

In-4 (215 x 157 mm). 62 ff. imprimés. 1 bois au titre représentant l'auteur, nombreux bois dans le texte (signes du Zodiaque, diagrammes), lettrines, marque de l'imprimeur au colophon. Vélin souple de l'époque, titre à l'encre sur la tranche. Provenance : ex-ibris manuscrit du XVIIe siècle au titre -- au verso du titre, cachet "Duplum BIbliothecae R. Monac.", indiquant que l'exemplaire était un doublon de la bibliothèque Royale de Munich (aujourd'hui Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).

Contemporary-vellum bound copy of this venetian edition, the third with the Latin translation of this most famous text of a leading figure of Arabic astronomy, Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abû Ma'shar, known in the West as Albumasar. This text was at the time the primary source regarding rise and fall of sea levels. The book is richly illustrated with woodcuts, including the opening one which depicts the author and is one of the best known representations of an astronomer from the Renaissance.
Place of origin:Italy
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