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Author: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476
Short Title: Tabulae directionum et profectionum (1490)
Title: Tabule directionu[m] profectionu[m]q[ue] famosissimi viri Magistri Ioannis Germani de Regiomonte in natiuitatibus multum vtiles.
Imprint: Augsburg: [Erhard Ratdolt, 2 Jan. 1490]
Comments and Notes: Imprint from Goff. Colophon (leaf S5 verso) reads: Opus tabularum directionum profectionumq[ue] pro reuerendissimo d[omi]no Ioanne archie[pisco]po Strigonien[sis] [etc.] per magistrum Ioannem de Regiomonte composita[rum] anno d[omi]ni 1467 explicit feliciter. Magistri Ioannis Angeli viri p[eri]tissimi dilige[n]ti correctione. Erhardiq[ue] Ratdolt mira imprimendi arte, qua nuper Uenetijs nunc Auguste vindelicorum excellit nominatissimus. 4 nonas Ianuariij 1490. Signatures: a-b8 c6 d-q8 r8 s6 chi8 2chi8. Printer's device in red and black on leaf s6 recto. Initials. Imperfect: Lacks the "Tabella sinus recti" section (leaves [141] recto to [156] recto) which appears in some later copies of this edition. Extensive contemporary ms. annotations and corrections made in ink. Bookplate: Ex libris Jacobi P.R. Lyell. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Anonymous ms. note ([1] p.), describing this edition and copy, tipped in on front free endpaper. Bound in limp paper boards; title inked on spine.
Smithsonian Call Number: QB11 .R33 1490
ISTC
Goff
Hain-Copinger
GW
Proctor
Polain
UKBYIR00112000-B
R-0112