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From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
Name/TitleBook - Procli de Sphaera Liber
About this objectProcli de Sphaera Liber, Cleomedis de Mundo, sive circularis inspectionis meteorum libri duo; Arati Solensis Phaeomena, sive Apparentia; Dionysii Afri Descriptio orbis habitabilis. Omnia graece et latine ita coniuncta, ut conferri ab utriusque linguae studiosis, in quorum gratiam eduntur, possint; adiectis etiam Annotationibus. Basileae, 1547.
Colophon: Basileae, per Henricum Petri, Anno Salutis, M.D.XLVII.
The Book about the Sphere of Proclus; About the World of Cleomedes or The Two Books on the Circular Inspection of the Stars; The Phaenomena by Aratus of Soli, or Appearances; the Description of the Inhabited World of Dionysius Afer. All these writings are here combined in Greek and Latin so that they can be consulted by scholars of both languages and for whose benefit these were published. Annotations are also added. Basel, 1547
Rebound. Some marginalia. Inscription inside front cover.
From the Collection of Professor D.A. Kidd.
Date Made1547
Place MadeSwitzerland
Place NotesBasel
Medium and MaterialsBoard, Paper
TechniquePrinting
Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Credit LineFrom the Collection of Professor D.A. Kidd.
Object TypeBook
Object number214.13.9
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved