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Sphaera mundi
Author: Joannes de Sacro Bosco (active 1230)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Erhard Ratdolt (German, worked Italy, 1447?–1527/28)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Erhard Ratdolt (German, worked Italy, 1447?–1527/28)
1482
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 40 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 16 x 1.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberBR1019
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 6 July 1482
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff J-405; Essling 258; Sander 6661; BMC V 286; Redgrave, Ratdolt, 27
Description(Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 6 July 1482) Quarto; 60 leaves; modern half white cloth, marbled paper boards [water-damaged]. Some woodcuts hand-colored.
Full-page illustration of astronomical mechanism (fol. a1v); other illustrations of astronomical diagrams.
Full-page illustration of astronomical mechanism (fol. a1v); other illustrations of astronomical diagrams.
ProvenanceLeo Olschki, Florence [according to note bound into book "Bought from Olschki's catalogue No. xliii, p. 87, no. 109]; Theodore H. Castor & Co., Boston, from whom purchased by MFA, November 27, 1899