Abiosi, Giovanni, active 15th century, Dialogus in Astrologie defensionem cnm[sic] Uaticinio a diluuio vsq[ue] ad Christi annos. 1702. Ioannis Abiosi Neapolis Regni Ex balneolo mathematicarum professoris Artium [et] Meditine Doctoris, [20 Oct. 1494]
- Title(s):
- Dialogus in Astrologie defensionem cnm[sic] Uaticinio a diluuio vsq[ue] ad Christi annos. 1702. Ioannis Abiosi Neapolis Regni Ex balneolo mathematicarum professoris Artium [et] Meditine Doctoris.
- Additional Title(s):
- Dialogus in Astrologie defensionem cum Vaticinio a diluvio usque ad Christi annos 1702
- Published/Created:
- [Venice] : [Franciscus Lapicida], [20 Oct. 1494]
- Physical Description:
- [38] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0734Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17392296
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With a 7-line poem by Domicus Palladius Soranus on the last leaf.
Title from caption on first leaf.
Dedication at head of title reads: Ad inuictissimum ac potentissimum bello et prudentissimum Sicilie Regem Alfonsum.
Imprint from Goff.
Colophon reads: Finit opus Dialogi ac vaticinij compositum per Peritissimum Doctorem Ioa[n]nem Abiosum Anno Christi. 1492. Transmissum tamen Ac directum Inuictissimo Regi Alfonso. Die quarto Iunij. 1494. Et Impressu[m] Uenetijs Die. 20. octobris 1494. Per Magistrum Franciscnm[sic] Lapicidam in contrata Sancte Lucie.
Signatures: a-d⁸ e⁶ (e6 blank).
Chancery quarto, 44-49 lines; area of text: 162 x 112 mm. With a few ornamental woodcut initials (leaves a1-c5) and initial spaces with guide-letters (leaves c6-e1); without foliation and catchwords.
Includes 4 schematic diagrams (leaves a5v, b8v, c5r, and d3v) and one almost full-page woodcut illustration (144 x 97 mm.) on the title leaf: Astrologia on her throne.
Text of line 19 of leaf a2v varies, may begin "Demo[n]stratio" or "QUuonia[m]"--GW
Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00008000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A8
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 24*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0734: Imperfect: title leaf only, with full-page woodcut. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink. - Subject Terms:
- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.Incunabula in Yale Library.Werther, Frederick, 1881- -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
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