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394
MISCELLANEOUS.
[Venice; 1485.
(perhaps erroneously) in a perpendicular, instead of an horizontal,
position. On g viij, recto, we read the colophon, thus :
Anno salutifere incarnationis Millesimo quadringen
tesimo octogesimo quinto mensis Ianuarii die uigesima
secunda. Impressum est prpsens opusculu per Erhardu
Ratdolt de Augusta.
Yenetiis.
The reverse is blank. The signatures run in eights. Denis seems to
be somewhat unwarranted in his assertion that this impression is rarer
than the preceding one by Ratdolt. The contrary conclusion is pro-
bably the more reasonable one. Consult Seemiller’s Incunab. Typog.
sasc. iii. p. 23 ; and Bibl. Magliabech. vol. i. col. 810. This copy is of
superior beauty to the preceding. It is bound in red morocco.
With this impression is bound the following work: of a similar cha-
racter, and printed by the same printer, but in the Gothic type. The
title is thus—impressed, at top, upon the recto of the first leaf:
Fi,ores Albumasaris. Printed hy Ratdolt.
jlugshourg. 1488. Quarto.
This work, as Zapf and Seemiller inform us, treats of * the great
conjunctions and revolutions of years, by an Arabian astronomer, of
the name of Albumasar, or Abu Maisar, who is supposed to liave
siourished in the IXth century.’ Braun refers us to Clement and
Bauer; who, in their usual style, add the epithet of c very rare’ to the
present edition. It is by no means a common book ; and the beauty
of its printing and decorations is at least equal to its scarcity. Zapf
has erroneously described the present impression under the year
1489: consult the Annal. Typog. August. p. 33; Incunab. Typog.
sasc. iii. p. 124; and Notit. Hist. Lit. pt. ii. p. 163. This edition
contains 20 leaves; a blank leaf forming sign. c iiii, or the 20th. The
previous signatures have each 8 leaves. The recto of the first leaf
contains the title, as before noticed. The top of the second leaf has
this prefix:
C Sjittigit trattattt£ 2Mfmmagari£ ssorum a^trotogm
MISCELLANEOUS.
[Venice; 1485.
(perhaps erroneously) in a perpendicular, instead of an horizontal,
position. On g viij, recto, we read the colophon, thus :
Anno salutifere incarnationis Millesimo quadringen
tesimo octogesimo quinto mensis Ianuarii die uigesima
secunda. Impressum est prpsens opusculu per Erhardu
Ratdolt de Augusta.
Yenetiis.
The reverse is blank. The signatures run in eights. Denis seems to
be somewhat unwarranted in his assertion that this impression is rarer
than the preceding one by Ratdolt. The contrary conclusion is pro-
bably the more reasonable one. Consult Seemiller’s Incunab. Typog.
sasc. iii. p. 23 ; and Bibl. Magliabech. vol. i. col. 810. This copy is of
superior beauty to the preceding. It is bound in red morocco.
With this impression is bound the following work: of a similar cha-
racter, and printed by the same printer, but in the Gothic type. The
title is thus—impressed, at top, upon the recto of the first leaf:
Fi,ores Albumasaris. Printed hy Ratdolt.
jlugshourg. 1488. Quarto.
This work, as Zapf and Seemiller inform us, treats of * the great
conjunctions and revolutions of years, by an Arabian astronomer, of
the name of Albumasar, or Abu Maisar, who is supposed to liave
siourished in the IXth century.’ Braun refers us to Clement and
Bauer; who, in their usual style, add the epithet of c very rare’ to the
present edition. It is by no means a common book ; and the beauty
of its printing and decorations is at least equal to its scarcity. Zapf
has erroneously described the present impression under the year
1489: consult the Annal. Typog. August. p. 33; Incunab. Typog.
sasc. iii. p. 124; and Notit. Hist. Lit. pt. ii. p. 163. This edition
contains 20 leaves; a blank leaf forming sign. c iiii, or the 20th. The
previous signatures have each 8 leaves. The recto of the first leaf
contains the title, as before noticed. The top of the second leaf has
this prefix:
C Sjittigit trattattt£ 2Mfmmagari£ ssorum a^trotogm