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FIRST MODERN CELESTIAL ATLAS. GALLUCCI, GIOVANNI PAOLO. Theatrum mundi, et temporis, in quo non solum precipuae horum partes describuntur, & ratio metiendi eas traditur, sed accomodatissimis figuris sub oculos legentium facile ponontur. Ubi astrologiae principia cernuntur ad medicinam accommodata,...Venetiis (apud Ioannem Baptistam Somascum) 1588.

4:o (c. 248x175 mm.). (16), 1-478 (extra inserted leaf paginated 280/281, between pp. 280-281), (2, errata), (8, "De harum paginarum usu") pp. Printer´s woodcut device on title, 144 full-page woodcuts, comprising circular diagrams, dials and figures of constellations, of which 51 diagrams with volvelles (altogether 68 overlays or moveable parts [possibly 4-5 of the moveable parts partly in facsimile], lacks the sometimes added folding table "Canon Sexagenarius", supplied in facsimile).
Modern vellum, worn, cracks in the joints, somewhat warped covers. Pages 463-478 with small "nick" in lower margin. Some marginal dampstaining, some minor foxing. Old signature on title of Domenici Ottaviano Paltoni, also two of his owner´s stamps.

First edition, first issue, of one of the great early volvelle books. Rare.

Giovanni Paolo Gallucci (1538-1621), Italian astronomer. Gallucci´s Theatrum mundi, et temporis, published in Venice in 1588, presents the 48 maps of the ptolemaic constellations and shows a beautiful collection of mythologic figures. The star positions are taken from the Copernicus´s catalog.
This book is considered the first modern celestial atlas because in its maps Gallucci used a coordinate system and a trapezoidal system of projection that allow the accurate determination of the stellar positions. (http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/gallu-in.htm).

Auktionsnummer:

6020

Datum:

2017-06-20