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Title

  • Poeticon astronomicon.

Names

  • Hyginus, C. Julius.
  • Sentinus, Jacobus, editor.
  • Santritter, Joannes Lucilius, editor.
  • Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 Oct. (pridie Id. Oct.) 1482.

Headings

  • -  Astronomy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Constellations--Early works to 1800
  • -  Italy--Venice

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Joannes Lucilius Santritter.
  • -  Sometimes erroneously attributed to C. Julius Hyginus.
  • -  Printed in black and red.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-560
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9062
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 286 (IA.20520) (variation)
  • -  IGI 4959
  • -  Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, 2039
  • -  Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 3472
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 234
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: illustrations and initials hand-colored; initial strokes supplied in yellow.
  • -  Vollbehr H9062

Medium

  • [58] leaves (the first blank). woodcuts: illus., initials. 19.6 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1482 .H9
  • Incun. 1482 .H9 Copy 2 Measures 21.6 cm. The corrected issue as described in Polain (with slight variations).

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49030785

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hyginus, C. Julius, Erhard Ratdolt, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. Poeticon Astronomicon. editeds by Sentinus, Jacobusitor, and Santritter, Joannes Luciliusitor Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 Oct. pridie Id. Oct, 1482. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49030785/.

APA citation style:

Hyginus, C. J., Ratdolt, E., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Otto Vollbehr Collection, Sentinus, J. & Santritter, J. L., eds. (1482) Poeticon Astronomicon. Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 Oct. pridie Id. Oct. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49030785/.

MLA citation style:

Hyginus, C. Julius, et al. Poeticon Astronomicon. ed by Sentinus, Jacobusitor, and Santritter, Joannes Luciliusitor Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 Oct. pridie Id. Oct, 1482. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49030785/>.