LEADER 04641cam a22006615a 4500001 9948527803506421 005 20251106054405.0 008 810401q15401541gw ai 001 0 lat d 010 13033976 //R 035 (CStRLIN)RIBR22812474-B 035 (NjP)4852780-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager4852780 035 (OCoLC)ocm28791339 040 RPJCB |beng |cRPJCB |dRPJCB |dNjP 050 0 QB41 |b.A64 Rosenwald Coll. 051 QB41 |b.A64 |ccopy 2 Rosenwald Coll. 090 J540 |b.A642a 100 1 Apian, Peter, |d1495-1552. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84064114 245 10 Astronomicum Cæsareum. 260 [Ingolstadt] : |bFactum et actum Ingolstadii in ædibus nostris [Peter Apian], |cAnno a Christo nato sesquimillesimo quadragesimo mense Maio [May 1540]. 300 [60] leaves : |bill., coats of arms ; |c47.5 x 34.5 cm. (fol.) 500 Author's name given at head of fol. [3] recto (=A3 recto) as: Apianus. 500 Illustrated title page, with two woodcuts, one a frame surrounding the title, the other circular, with printed text on bottom left and right. 500 Reference in title is to Emperor Charles V to whom and his brother, King Ferdinand I, this work is dedicated. 500 Imprint from colophon, printed in reverse (mirror image). 500 Signatures: A-G⁴(±G2, G3+chi1) H-I⁴ k⁴ L-N⁴ O⁶ (-O6) chi2-chi3 (chi2 verso, chi3 verso blank). 500 38 full page text illustrations, 22 of them with volvelles (moving discs), many also with centrally attached silk threads. Volvelles are foundon the recto of leaves B3, C1, C3, D1, D3, E1, E2, E4, F2, F3, F4, chi1, G4, k3, k4, L1, L2, L3, L4, M1 and M3 and the verso of leaf G3. Additionally, a large number of smaller text illustrations are present. 500 "Without doubt ... the most luxurious and intrinsically beautiful scientific book that has ever been produced" -- Derek de Solla Price. 500 Fol. [60] recto (=chi3 recto) dated: Ratisbona, die vigesima quarta mensis Iulii, Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo primo [Regensburg, 24 July 1541] and signed: Carolus. This leaf is lacking in many copies. 510 4 Grässe |c1: p. 160. 510 4 Stillwell, M.B. Science, |c19. 510 4 Kramer, I.E. Die wunderbare Neue Welt, |c540/1. 510 4 Ortroy, F. van Bib. de l'oeuvre de Pierre Apian, |c112. 510 4 Houzeau & Lancaster |c2400. 510 4 Freitag, R.S. Halley's Comet, |c76. 500 Cf. Price, D. de S. Science, 1967 p. 104; Gingerich, O. "Early astronomical books with moving parts", AB Bookman's Weekly p. 1507-1508, October 23, 1989. 500 Includes index. 500 Text divided into two parts; the second part has two alternative titles: Meteoroscopium planum Apiam (fol. [49] recto = M4 recto) and: Astronomici cæsarei per Petrum Apianum concinnati pars secunda (fol. [49] verso = M4 verso). 500 WHS copy lacks last leaf. |5NjP 561 WHS copy inscribed on title page 'Zur guten gedechtnuss hab ich diss buchinn die kirch und schul alhir zu Sar-pricken verehret / den 16 Maij anno 1614. Johan Von Vetman Nassau Sarpr: Stallmeister.' |5NjP 561 WHS copy inscribed on title page 'Diss hab ich Laurentius von Sayenauss der Kirche zu 28 gl— [i.e. Gulden?] gekaufet.' |5NjP 561 WHS copy stamped on title page 'Duplum Bibliothecae E.M.S.' (i.e. Duplicate of the Library of the Diocese of Esztergom (Strigonium) [Eccl. Metr. Strigon]). 561 WHS copy inscribed on title page 'Hatvany Antonia 1918 iii / 17.' 561 WHS copy acquired 7/1/68 from Geoffrey Steele. |5NjP 583 |xmlc 600 00 Charles |bV, |cHoly Roman Emperor, |d1500-1558. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79112289 600 00 Ferdinand |bI, |cHoly Roman Emperor, |d1503-1564. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82050986 650 0 Astronomy |vEarly works to 1800. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101548 650 0 Comets |vEarly works to 1800. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120728 690 4 |9CHR1540. 690 4 |9CHR1541. 700 1 Apian, Peter, |d1495-1552, |epublisher. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84064114 700 1 Steele, Geoffrey, |ebookseller. |5NjP 700 1 Hatvany, Antonia, |eformer owner. |5NjP 797 1 |9IMPGermany. |bIngolstadt. |d1540. 797 1 |9IMPGermany. |bIngolstadt. |d1541. 902 mrf |bl |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20060915 914 (OCoLC)ocm28791339 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20251105 |eprocessed |f28791339