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100 0 $aPtolemy,$dactive 2nd century.
240 10 $aAlmagest.$lLatin
245 10 $aIn Ptolemaei Magnam compositionem, quam Almagestum vocant, libri tredecim /$cconscripti a Ioanne Regiomontano mathematico clarissimo ; in quibus uniuersa doctrina de coelestibus motibus, magnitudinibus, eclipsibus &c. in Epitomen redacta, proponitur.
260 $aNoribergae :$bapud Ioannem Montanum, & Vlricum Neuberum,$cAnno M.D.L. [1550]
300 $a[230] p. :$bill. (diagrams) ;$c31 cm (fol.)
500 $aThe Epitoma was a work begun by Georg von Peurbach at the request of Cardinal Bessarion. Regiomontanus continued the work after Peurbach's death, finally publishing his abridgement of Ptolemy in Venice in 1496 under the title: Epytoma Ioan[n]is de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei.
500 $aSignatures: [A]œ́ B-Sœ́ Tı́ (first, unlettered gathering signed with Arabic numerals)
500 $aTitle page in red and black ink with vignette (heraldic); initials.
500 $aA large woodcut emblem is present on T ́over a quote from Psalm 89: Beatus populis qui scit iubilationem.
510 4 $aAdams,$cR284
510 4 $aGra sse,$cIV, p. 588
510 4 $aBM STC German, 1455-1600,$cp. 718
510 4 $aBN,$cv. 147, column 972
510 4 $aHoffmann, S.F.W. Bibliographisches Lexicon der gesammten Litt. der Griechen (2. Aufl.),$cIII, p. 321
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in full, early calfskin delaminating in a manner commonly associated with sheepskin. The covers are panelled in double-ruled gilt with an unidentified armorial super-ex-libris on both. The embossed stamp of the Library is present on the title page and a small bookplate reading "Macmillan A. Rowes[?], Cambridge" is present on the front pastedown.
650 0 $aAstronomy, Ancient$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aAstronomy$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMathematics, Greek$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMathematics$vEarly works to 1800.
655 7 $aArmorial bindings (Binding)$2rbbin
655 7 $aBookplates (Provenance)$2rbprov
700 1 $aPeurbach, Georg von,$d1423-1461.
700 1 $aRegiomontanus, Joannes,$d1436-1476.
700 1 $aNeuber, Ulrich, $d-1571,$eprinter.
700 1 $aVom Berg, Johann,$d-1563,$eprinter.
752 $aGermany$dNuremberg.
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hE.5081.30 FOLIO$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999089658189$rIn$wBook$y1$7False$90
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