IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 300310 accession number: PB 59-2020 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 13 July 2021 updated: Tuesday 18 July 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Language: Latin and Greek Red & blue decorative initials. Red, blue, green & yellow initial on a1. Wanting C2 & C9. Printed in Roman type. Capital spaces with guide letters. Catchwords. Woodcuts, diagrams and astronomical charts. The woodcut illustrations occur in the Latin text of Aratus and mostly derive from those in the editions of Hyginus produced by Ratdolt & others; cf. BM 15th cent. Firmicus' Mathesis is also known as De natiuitatibus (title given in BM 15th cent.) and Scriptores astronomici ueteres (title given in Ahmanson-Murphy). Edited by Franciscus Niger; cf. BM 15th cent. Spine title: Astronomici veteres Text mostly in Latin. The text of Arati's Phaenomena, with commentary is in Greek. Binding: olive morocco (16th century), with cameo in centre of boards & g.t. Aldine stamp (19th century), g.t. & blind stamped; spine & board edges g.t., raised bands, g. lettering on red spine label; marbled e.p.; a.e. decorated brown; clasps removed; rebacked; boxed. With cutting from sales cat. & ms. letter from G.D. Hobson to S. C. Cockerell. object type: [374] leaves : ill, woodcuts ; 32cm (fol). title: Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri, & emendati, ex Scythicis oris ad nos nuper allati. Marci Manilii astronomicorum libri quinque. Arati Phænomena Germanico Cæsare interprete cum commentariis & imaginibus. Arati eiusdem phænomenon fragmentum Marco. T.C. interprete. Arati eiusdem Phænomena Ruffo Festo Auienio paraphraste. Arati eiusdem Phænomena græce. Theonis commentaria copiosissima in Arati Phænomena græce. Procli Diadochi Sphæra græce Procli eiusdem Sphæra, Thoma Linacro Britanno interprete. NOTES ----- type: history note value: Provenance: Frank McClean (bkpl.). Syston Park (bkpls.). Ms. inscr. on leaf [1]: 'Camill falconer, aggreg. Lugd, Natal. fili Andr. nepos 1693'. T. Crofts; sale 1783. Sales cat. no. on front free e.p. Bookseller's price on front e.p. Booksellers' cuttings pasted in on front paste-down e.p LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/300310 PEOPLE ------------------- Falconer, Camillus Syston Park Library Crofts, Thomas McClean, Frank CATEGORIES ------ category: book DATING ------ creation date: 1499 - 1499 creation date earliest: 1499 creation date latest: 1499 CREATORS -------- maker: Maternus, Julius. Firmicus maker: Manuzio, Aldo maker: Negri, Francesco maker: Cicero maker: Theon, of Alexandria maker: Aratus, Solensi maker: Manilius, Marcus maker: Germanicus Caesar maker: Avienus, Rufius Festus maker: Proclus maker: Hobson, Geoffrey Dudley CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest : catalogue of the early printed books bequeathed to the museum ---