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Astronomia - Astrologia - Alfonso X
Alfonsi Hispaniarum regis Tabule & L. Gaurici artium doctoris egregij Theoremata quorum hic est index, 1524
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Venice, Lucantonio Giunta, 1524. In 8th. 2 parts in one volume each with its own title page. Title page of the first part in red and black, woodcut initial, small woodworm work on the internal margin of the first 4 leaves, some very slight halos, slight marginal foxing, contemporary binding in rigid parchment, title in gold within a gusset on the spine, red marbled cuts, some small stains. Handwritten note on the flyleaf.
Specialist Notes
Rare example printed in Venice in 1524 containing the famous Alfonsine Tables, the first far-reaching astronomical work ever created in Christian Europe. Fruit of the studies of 50 astronomers gathered in Toledo in 1252 on behalf of the king of Castile and Léon Alfonso X with the aim of providing the position of the sun, planets and stars. They are to be understood as an update of the tables created by Ptolemy in the Almagest and a great pillar for astronomical history: Christopher Columbus used them for his travels and they were the basis of the training of Nicolaus Copernicus.
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