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Clarissim uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon, opus utilisimum foeliciter incipit ...

Hyginus, C. Julius. author.; Sentinus, Jacobus.; Santritter, Joannes Lucilius.; Blavis, Thomas de, active 1476-1491, printer.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Clarissim uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon, opus utilisimum foeliciter incipit ...
Uniform title
Poetica astronomica
Created/published
[Venice] : Impressum est ... p[er] Thomam de Blauis de Alexandria, Venetiis, anno salutifere Incarnationis [1488] mensis Iunii die septima.
Description
[112] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm (4to)
Associated name
Hyginus, C. Julius. author.
Sentinus, Jacobus.
Santritter, Joannes Lucilius.
Blavis, Thomas de, active 1476-1491, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Title from incipit (leaf a2r).

Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Joannes Lucilius Santritter.

Imprint from colophon (leaf g8r), which gives date in Latin words before publisher statement.

Signatures: a-g⁸ (a2 signed a).

Woodcut initials.
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-562
BM 15th cent., V, p. 318 (IA.21863)
Hain-Copinger, 9065*
Sander 3474
Genre/form
Illustrations (layout features)
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Venice.

Call number
INC H489
Folger-specific note
Edges trimmed, affecting manuscript notes. Monogram in brown ink on leaf a2r (signed a), with coat of arms (?), partially defaced, illegible; upper margin of same leaf, bearing ownership(?) inscription has been cut out. A few manuscript notes in brown ink. Repaired and rebound. Purchased in 1916.

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