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Sphaera mundi (Sphere of the World)
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)
1485
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 62 woodcuts, of which seven are color-printed
Dimensions
Overall: 22.2 x 16.6 x 2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberBR1009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt [before 4 November] 1485
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff J-406; Essling 259; Sander 6662; BMC V 290; Redgrave, Ratdolt, 57
Description(Venice: Erhard Ratdolt [before 4 November] 1485) Quarto; 58 leaves; half vellum, thick beige paper wraps, beige cloth box.
Selected illustrations: astronomical instrument (fol. 1 1v); color-printed diagrams (fols. 3 2v, 3 8r; 4 4r; 4 5r; 4 8r; 5 3v [three colors: black, red, ochre]; 5 4r
Selected illustrations: astronomical instrument (fol. 1 1v); color-printed diagrams (fols. 3 2v, 3 8r; 4 4r; 4 5r; 4 8r; 5 3v [three colors: black, red, ochre]; 5 4r
ProvenanceEarly [ownership?] inscriptions on recto of first leaf; Theodore H. Castor & Co., Boston, from whom purchased by MFA August 17, 1899.