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ALCABITIUS, Abou-el-Saqr Abd-el-Aziz ibn Othmân ibn Ali al-Kabisi, dit (m. 967)

Lot 197
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 197 | ALCABITIUS, Abou-el-Saqr Abd-el-Aziz ibn Othmân ibn Ali al-Kabisi, dit (m. 967)
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ALCABITIUS, Abou-el-Saqr Abd-el-Aziz ibn Othmân ibn Ali al-Kabisi, dit (m. 967)
Libellus isagogicus. Venise : Erhard Ratdolt, 1485.
Troisième édition incunable de ce texte, faisant suite à l'originale de 1473 et une suivante en 1482, la deuxième édition à comprendre des figures gravées sur bois.
Ce Libellus isagogicus, aussi connu sous le titre de Liber introductorius ad magisterium judiciorum astrorum, ou "Introduction à l'art du jugement des astres", est "le traité [d'astrologie] le plus diffusé, sinon le plus pédagogique, qui sera étudié comme un manuel dans les universités européennes à la fin du Moyen Âge" (Jean-Patrice Boudet). Cette édition est aussi la première à contenir le commentaire de Jean de Saxe.
ISTC ia00363000 ; BMC V 290 ; BSB-Ink A-233 ; GW 844 ; Brunet, I, col. 147.

In-4 (207 x 157 mm). 34 figures gravées sur bois, nombreuses lettrines ornées, tableaux dans le texte (rousseurs, mouillure en marge extérieure, travaux de vers marginaux aux cahiers hh-mm). Vélin rigide ancien (taché, remboîtage).
Provenance : une marque de provenance manuscrite effacée en marge supérieure du premier feuillet de texte -- sur le premier feuillet de texte, inscription : "Chisuini Bartholomensis" (?) -- sur la doublure, inscription manuscrite : "Giuseppe Vitali di Copelletto di Busseto 1815" -- sur le premier feuillet de texte, cachet ovale à l'encre "LIBR. FONINI BOLOGNA".

Third incunable edition, the second illustrated one, of this Latin translation of Alcabitius' famous astronomy treatise.
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