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Sphera del vniuerso / Por Don Gines Rocamora y Torrano ..

Catalog Data

Author:
Rocamora y Torrano, Ginés 1550-1612  Search this
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de active 1230  Search this
Former owner:
García Icazbalceta, Joaquín 1825-1894 DSI  Search this
Rodríguez, José M. DSI  Search this
Horblit, Harrison D. DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[16], 271, [1] leaves : ill., port. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Type:
Books
Date:
1599
Notes:
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁸ A-B⁴ C-2M⁸ ; leaf Q₃ missigned R₃.
Title page vignette (arms of the dedicatee, Luys Faxardo, marques de los Velez y de Molina).
Second leaf is an allegorical engraving captioned Astronomia.
Text within double line border.
The preliminary matter includes license, 3 leaf royal privilege and aprouacian, a sonnet by Lope de Vega Carpio, one in Italian by Licenciado Camarino, "Hieronymi Ramiri in laudem autoris epigramma," "Camarini poligraphi in laudem authoris encomastichon," 4 leaf dedication, and 3 leaf table of contents.
Full page woodcut of astronomical instrument on verso of fifteenth leaf; portrait of author on verso of the sixteenth leaf.
Erratas: verso of leaf [3].
Sphera de Iuan de Sacrobosco: leaves [230]-[272].
Bookplates: Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta; José M. Rodriguez; Harrison D. Horblit.
Topic:
Mathematical geography  Search this
Call number:
GA6 .R66 1599
GA6.R66 1599
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_335956