| Record ID | cp013463 |
| Voet reference number | 2402A |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1165208 |
| Author | Cornelius VALERIUS (WOUTERS) |
| Title page transcription | DE SPHÆRA, ET ‖ PRIMIS ASTRONOMIÆ ‖ RVDIMENTIS LIBELLVS ‖ VTILISSIMVS. ‖ Cui adiecta sunt breuia quædam de Gæo- ‖ graphia præcepta maximè necessaria. ‖ Conscripta olim & dictata familiaribus quibusdam ‖ auditoribus, & nunc primùm recognita, à Corne- ‖ lio Valerio Vltraiectino, publico linguæ Latinæ in ‖ Collegio Trilingui Buslidiano professore. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex Officina Christophori Plantini, sub ‖ Circino aureo: Anno, ‖ M.D.LXI. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [125]: A-E⁸, F⁴; folios 1r-43v, [44r-v] (Errors: 3, 5, and 7 not numbered, 81 for 18, 12 for 19, 39 for 29) |
| Fingerprint | 156108 - # b1 A2 $rec : # b2 F2 rali |
| Number of sheets | |
| Pages | [1r]: Title [1v]: Privilege (to G. Silvius and Plantin: Brussels, 4 February 1560, signed by Boudewijns) 2r-[3v]: Ornatissimo…domino Gulielmo ab Heteren balivo Ordinis Ioannitarum apud Ultraiectinos…Cornelius Valerius ab Auduater Ultraiectinus S. (Louvain, 13 February 1561; italic type) 4r-43r: Text (parts in italic type, marginals in italic type and roman type, words in greek type) 43v: ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ EXCVDEBAT CHRISTOPHO- ‖ RVS PLANTINVS, XI. ‖ MARTII ‖ M.D.LXI [44r-v]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | 1) V. on title-page: woodcut (H. 45): armillarysphere, with the device of Silvius 'Scrutamini. ' 2) Other illustrations: see introductory note |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 1479University Library Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamMunicipal Library BrugesKBR Royal Library of BelgiumBritish Library LondonBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaUniversity Library MunsterWrocław University Library. The copies mentioned by Kuiper in Berlin and KU Leuven Libraries have disappeared during the Second World War.KU Leuven- Special Collections, CaaA795 |
| Digital copies | KU Leuven |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 26 (1561, no. 3) Kuiper, pages 80 and 356Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 4581 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12920503 |
| Note 1 | Listed in M 296, folio 17v (Sphera Corn. Valerii, 8⁰, 1561, f[euilles] 5½, [price:] stuivers 1¼). |
| Note 2 | The work was published jointly by Plantin and his Antwerp colleague, G. Silvius (cf. the privilege), but printed by Plantin. Part of the edition received a title-page with Silvius's imprint. |
| Note 3 | According to the colophon the printing was finished on 11 March 1561. |
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