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细节
STÖFFLER, Johannes (1452-1531). Elucidatio fabricae ususq[ue] astrolabii. Oppenheim: Jacobus Köbel, 1512-13.
First edition. The most comprehensive treatise on the astrolabe of its time, ending with a discussion of perspective and measurement. 'Stöffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians' (Stillwell). This work is printed at the first press at Oppenheim and is one of the rarest books from that press. The poem by Melanchthon on XIIv is probably the reformer's first appearance in print. Adams S-1886; Houzeau and Lancaster 3256; Stillwell, Science 892; USTC 649878; VD16 S-9191; Wellcome 6099.
Folio (274 x 204mm). Woodcut architectural title border, woodcut coat-of-arms of Georg Simler, woodcut printer's device at end, numerous woodcut illustrations and charts including 19 large diagrams, with extension slips to those on A6v, B3v, C4v and D3, and 15 woodcuts illustrating measurement and perspective (occasional light spotting and toning). Contemporary blindstamped Italian half calf over wooden boards (restored). Provenance: a few marginalia – ‘di Brecatto Orechi’? (early 18th-century inscription on title, another one crossed out underneath) – Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire (1890-1969, armorial bookplate and monogram stamp) – John P. W. Ehrman (1920-2011, historian, son of Albert; bookplate; sold Sotheby’s 1978 lot 409) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram stamp, bought in 1984).
First edition. The most comprehensive treatise on the astrolabe of its time, ending with a discussion of perspective and measurement. 'Stöffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians' (Stillwell). This work is printed at the first press at Oppenheim and is one of the rarest books from that press. The poem by Melanchthon on XIIv is probably the reformer's first appearance in print. Adams S-1886; Houzeau and Lancaster 3256; Stillwell, Science 892; USTC 649878; VD16 S-9191; Wellcome 6099.
Folio (274 x 204mm). Woodcut architectural title border, woodcut coat-of-arms of Georg Simler, woodcut printer's device at end, numerous woodcut illustrations and charts including 19 large diagrams, with extension slips to those on A6v, B3v, C4v and D3, and 15 woodcuts illustrating measurement and perspective (occasional light spotting and toning). Contemporary blindstamped Italian half calf over wooden boards (restored). Provenance: a few marginalia – ‘di Brecatto Orechi’? (early 18th-century inscription on title, another one crossed out underneath) – Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire (1890-1969, armorial bookplate and monogram stamp) – John P. W. Ehrman (1920-2011, historian, son of Albert; bookplate; sold Sotheby’s 1978 lot 409) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram stamp, bought in 1984).
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拍场告示
Please note that one flap is missing from A6 verso and 2 flaps are missing from D3 recto.
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