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Johannis Pontanus - Librorum omnium. Bd. III (von 3). 1538.


203
Johannis Pontanus
Librorum omnium. Bd. III (von 3). 1538.
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 428
Sold:
€ 420 / $ 449

(incl. surcharge)
Pontanus, J. I., Librorum omnium, quos soluta oratione composuit. Tomus tertius in quo centum Ptolemaei sententiae, a Pontano e Graeco in Latinum tralatae, atq(ue) expositae. Eiusdem Pontani de rebus coelestibus libri XIIII. De luna, liber imperfectus. Vol. III (of 3). 2 parts in 1 vol. With 1 fig. woodcut border, 1 woodcut printer's device at the end and numerous woodcut initials. Basel, [A. Cratander] 1538. Contemp. blindstamped calf over wooden boards. 4to. 4 ll., 162 (of 169) pp.; 5 (of 7) ll., 382 pp., 1 l.

VD 16, P 4191. - Wellcome I, 5164. - Houzeau/Lanc. I, 2334. - Zinner 1694. - Cf. Poggendorff II, 499 and NBG XL, 769. - Not in BM STC and Adams. - First Basle edition. - Binding rubbed, spine with small defective spots, clasps and angle appliques removed. Fine copy with broad margins in a contemp. wooden boards binding.




203
Johannis Pontanus
Librorum omnium. Bd. III (von 3). 1538.
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 428
Sold:
€ 420 / $ 449

(incl. surcharge)