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Poeticon Astronomicon
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Clarissimi Hyginii Astronomi De mundi et sphaerae
Poeticon Astronomicon
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: C. Julius Hyginus
Printer: Melchiorre Sessa (Italian, active 1506–1549)
Printer: Pietro de' Ravani (Italian, active 1516–1525)
Author: C. Julius Hyginus
Printer: Melchiorre Sessa (Italian, active 1506–1549)
Printer: Pietro de' Ravani (Italian, active 1516–1525)
1517
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 49 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 21.1 x 15.5 x 1.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry P. Rossiter
Accession Number45.87
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Melchiorre Sessa and Pietro de' Ravani, 1517
Catalogue Raisonné
Sander 3478; Essling 291; British Museum, STC Italian, p. 337
Description(Venice: Melchiorre Sessa and Pietro de' Ravani, 1517) Quarto; 48 leaves; half black morocco, marbled paper boards (blue cloth box).
Illustrations: title-page figure of Ptolemy personifying Astronomy with instruments and attendant figures of Astromony and Urania; astronomical sphere (title verso); figures of constellations, planets, and signs of the zodiac in text.
Illustrations: title-page figure of Ptolemy personifying Astronomy with instruments and attendant figures of Astromony and Urania; astronomical sphere (title verso); figures of constellations, planets, and signs of the zodiac in text.
ProvenanceHenry P. Rossiter, Boston, by whom given to MFA, January 11, 1945