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(Aratus Solensis.

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€ 1 800
Auction dateClassic
16.12.2022 10:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Auktionshaus Kiefer
Event location
Germany, Pforzheim
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ID 865079
Lot 1608 | (Aratus Solensis.
Phaenomena et prognostica. Köln, Graminaeus 1569). Gr.4°. Mit 48 Textholzschn. u. Holzschn.-Druckermarke am Schluß. 183 S. (ohne die 4 nn. Bl. inkl. Titel am Anfang). - ╔Vorgebunden: Graminaeus,T.╗ Cometae anni domini 1580 physica explicatio... Köln 1581. Mit Holzschn.-Titelbordüre, ganzs. Wappen-Holzschn. verso T. u. 9 Textholzschn. 6 Bl. Ohne Einband, ausgebunden.
I. VD 16, ZV 25321. IA 106.793. Adams, A 1518. Schweiger I, 42. Houzeau/L. 822. Zinner 2476. - Zweite lat. Ausgabe und zugleich erste Ausgabe dieser Übersetzung. Der griechische Philosoph Aratos von Soli stützte sein wissenschaftliches Gedicht vorrangig auf die astronomischen Lehren von Eudoxus. "The resulting work, the 'Phaenomena', became one of the most popular scienific texts in the classical, post-classical and medieval world. Since Eudoxus' own work is lost, Aratus' poem is the oldest known systematic account of the classical constellations" (Whitfield S. 23) - S. 154-183 mit G.J. Hyginus' De mundi et sphaerae (Schweiger II, 465). II. VD 16, G 2798. - Etw. fleckig u. gebräunt, le. 20 S. mit Wurmgang (tls. ger. Textverlust). - 2 works in 1 volume. First work with 48 text woodcuts and printer's device at the end, second work with woodcut title border, coat of arms woodcut and 9 text woodcuts. Without binding. Somewhat stained and bronwed, ending with worming (slight text loss).
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