Sphaera mundi

Title page with woodcut illustration Incipit: Sphaerae mundi compendium foeliciter inchoat. Nouitiis a adolescentibus : ad astronomica[m] re[m]pu. capessenda[m] additu[m] impetrantibus : pro breui rectoq[ue] tramite a uulgari uestigio semoto : Ioa[n]nis de sacro busto sphaericu[m] opusculum una cu[m] additionibus nonnullis littera A sparsim ubi intersertae sint signatis. Contraq[ue] cremone[n]sia in planetarum theoricas delyramenta Ioannis de monteregio disputationes tam acuratis. q[uam] utilis : Nec no[n] Georgii purbachii : in eorundem motus planetarum accuratis. theoricae : dicatum opus utili serie contextum : fausto sidere inchoat Substantially a page-for-page reprint of the Venice edition by Bonetto Locatelli for Ottaviano Scoto, 1490, Cf. Mortimer Signatures: A-F́ı Imprint from colophon (F8) Woodcut initials; Sessa's device is present under the signature register on F8v Marshall, R.G. STC Italian Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern black sheepskin panelled and tooled in gilt with the title likewise stamped along the spine. All text block edges are stained red. The embossed stamp of the Library is present on the title page. Early marginalia is present on leaves: 21r, 30v, 31r, 31v, 32v, 33r, and 33v. The illustrations on leaves 38v and 42r and hand-colored