“A Scottish Astronomer of Considerable Reputation”
“A Scottish Astronomer of Considerable Reputation”
By BASSANTIN, Jacques, 1557
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Author: BASSANTIN, Jacques
Publication place: Lyon
Publisher: Par Jan de Tournes,<br />
Publication date: 1557.
Physical description: Folio (440 by 310mm). Pages numbered [1]-285 (verso blank). Title-page with large woodcut printer’s device, with 175 woodcuts in the text, including numerous diagrams, 13 of which are full-page volvelles and one half-page volvelle, composed of a total of 36 moving parts preserving a number of diagram indicator strings (negligible water-staining in upper inner margin of quires a to e and h to p, minor corner loss at p. 29, minor marginal loss at p. 170, repaired marginal tear at p. 230, very slight occasional staining). Late 18th-century tan calf backed tan paper boards, the spine in seven compartments with six raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one (extremities a little rubbed).Collation: a‑i(4), k‑t(4), v(4), x‑z(4), A‑I(4), K‑N(4)
Inventory reference: 11568
Provenance
1. Jean Perrin (1613–95), doctor to the dukes of Lorraine, who served Marguerite de Lorraine, the second wife of Gaston d’Orléans (1608–60), inscribed on the title-page: “J. Perrin, doctor physicus et medicus … D. Ducissae Aureliacae, 1641”.