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tih00559000
- Text-inc Id:
- tih00559000
- Bod-inc Id:
- H-250
- Headings:
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Hyginus, C. Julius
Poetica astronomica.
- Analysis of content:
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[a2r] Hyginus, [C. Julius: Letter addressed to] M. Fabius. Hyg. Astr., ed. G. Viré (Leipzig, 1992), 1-4; see Thorndike–Kibre 529.
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[a2v] [Hyginus, [C. Julius: Poetica astronomica.] Hyg. Astr. ed. G.Viré (Leipzig, 1992), 5-157; see Thorndike–Kibre 893. For the identity of the author see Jim Bennett and Domenico Bertolini Meli, Astronomy Books in the Whipple Museum 1478-1600 (Cambridge, 1994), 16-17, no. 3.
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[h4v] [Verse colophon.] Incipit: ‘Sidera cum causis celo translata sub alto | Scire cupit quis quis perlegat Iginium'; 3 elegiac distichs.
- Imprint:
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[Ferrara]: Augustinus Carnerius, 1475. 4°.
- Collation:
- [a–g8 h4]. Type: 114 R. Capital spaces, some with guide-letters; spaces for woodcuts. Catchwords on the last page of some gatherings. 60 leaves, the first blank, not as R (64). 27 lines ([a3r]). Type area: 156 × 97 mm ([a3r]).
- References:
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Source: Bodleian
ISTC: ih00559000
HR 9061;
Goff H‑559;
Pr 5736;
CIBN H‑333; Sheppard 4779. Microfiche: Unit 3: Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography.
LCN: 14533988
- Copies:
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H-250(1)
Copy
Wanting the blank leaf [a1].
Binding: Quarter brown morocco with red paper boards, gold-tooled spine, marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 209 × 147 × 18 mm.
Size of leaf: 200 × 136 mm.
Provenance: Purchased for £10. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1826), 9.
SHELFMARK: Auct. L 4.26.
