[Early World Map] Macrobius Aurelius integer nitidus suoque decori ab Ioanne Rivio superioribus annis & nunc cura Ascensianorum multo diligentius restitutus [Somnium Scipionis / Commentary on the Dream of Scipio]

Verlag: Ambrosius Macrobius, 1519

  • Hardcover
  • Gebraucht
Alle Details anzeigen
Artikelbild 1 von 9.

Anbieter: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, CA, USABarry Lawrence Ruderman

Verkäufer/-in mit 3 Sternen

Verkäufer:in bei AbeBooks seit 31. August 2022

Verbandsmitglied: ABAAILAB

Hardcover

Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut

EUR 4.132,01

EUR 30,76 Versand 
Versand innerhalb von USA

Anzahl: 1 verfügbar

In den Warenkorb
30 Tage kostenlose Rückgabe

Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers

With Early Woodcut Circular World Map Very early Macrobius edition printed by Badius (after the first Badius edition of 1515), with a new introduction dated 1519, and with the addition of De die natali by Censo. Small folio. Contemporary blind-stamped tawed pigskin, sewn on double cords. Elaborately stamped in blind. Panel decorated with fluerons and portrait medallions. Endpapers renewed. Some wear to spine extremities and corners. Foliation: 5 unnumbered leaves, 100 numbered (Roman) leaves (without the last blank leaf). Collation: A-M8 N9 (lacks only final blank N10). Title within woodcut architectural border, with woodcut printer's device plus 16 woodcuts within text (some repeated), including a world map on f. XXII (with red outline hand color), and a diagram map of the five climatic zones on f. XX. A few defects to text leaves only: small notch cut from fore-edge margin of f. LXIII (printing unaffected); tiny burn hole to f. XCII (affecting a few letters of text); final two leaves (f. XCIX and f. C.) with paper damage causing some loss to text in lower part (f. XCIX) and upper fore edge margin (f. C). Some moderate dampstaining to lower portions of final dozen leaves. Occasional ink marginalia in an early hand. Overall quite clean internally, especially the leaves with the map and woodcuts. A nice example in a handsome early pigskin binding with a sharp clean impression of the circular world map. Ownership name in upper margin of title page: "Per Hierta / 1887." With Early Woodcut Circular World Map Very early Macrobius edition printed by Badius (after the first Badius edition of 1515), with a new introduction dated 1519, and with the addition of De die natali by Censorinus. The book is notable for its beautiful large woodcut map of the world on the recto of leaf XXII. The volume begins with the commentary on the Somnium Scipionis from Cicero's De republica, a work widely read in the Middle Ages (leaves I-XXVII). This is followed by the Saturnalia, a dialogue divided into seven books that purports to be a conversation between distinguished Romans at a Saturnalia banquet in the house of Vettius Praetextatus in 384 (leaves XXVIII-XCI). At the end is Censorinus, De die natali (leaves XCII-C). Macrobius's commentary on Cicero was "the most satisfactory and widely read Latin compendium on Neoplatonism that existed during the Middle Ages," with "lengthy excursuses on Pythagorean number lore, cosmography, world geography and the harmony of the spheres" (DSB). World Map - with "Perusta" (burnt up) zone The circular "zonal" world map - differing from Ptolemy's concept in that the world - is divided into climatic zones: a northern inhabited continent separated by an ocean from a southern continent. The polar regions are uninhabitable "frigida" zones of extreme cold. The middle zone is labeled "Perusta" (or burnt up) and separates the inhabitable areas of the world from the unknown southern continent. Macrobius adopted the Zonal concept and believed that a great equatorial ocean divided the earth into four quarters. This ocean flowed into two great circles, one north to south, and one east to west, and the collision of these flows was thought to be the cause of the rise and fall of the tides. The first printed Macrobian map from Brescia in 1483 illustrates this theory and has led to the statement that it is the first to show the ocean currents - Moecker. Mike Moecker praises the wood block map used in the Badius editions: In 1515 Badius had a new block cut for his Paris editions. This block was used for all three Badius editions (1515, 1519, 1524) and was extremely well executed - Moecker. This particular version of the map is not recorded in S.…

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 108508

Bibliografische Details

Titel
[Early World Map] Macrobius Aurelius integer nitidus suoque decori ab Ioanne Rivio superioribus annis & nunc cura Ascensianorum multo diligentius restitutus [Somnium Scipionis / Commentary on the Dream of Scipio]
Autor
Ambrosius Macrobius
Verlag
Ambrosius Macrobius
Erscheinungsjahr
1519
Zustand
VG
Buchtyp
Book
Einband
Hardcover
Verkäuferkataloge
Antique Maps

Barry Lawrence Ruderman

La Jolla, CA, USA

Verkäufer/-in mit 3 Sternen

Verkäufer:in bei AbeBooks seit 31. August 2022

Verbandsmitglied:

Versandkosten innerhalb von USA

Artikel2 bis 5 Werktage1 bis 3 Werktage
Erster ArtikelEUR 30,76EUR 40,12
Die Versandzeiten werden von den Verkäuferinnen und Verkäufern festgelegt. Sie variieren je nach Versanddienstleister und Standort. Sendungen, die den Zoll passieren, können Verzögerungen unterliegen. Eventuell anfallende Abgaben oder Gebühren sind von der Käuferin bzw. dem Käufer zu tragen. Die Verkäuferin bzw. der Verkäufer kann Sie bezüglich zusätzlicher Versandkosten kontaktieren, um einen möglichen Anstieg der Versandkosten für Ihre Artikel auszugleichen.

Zahlungsarten

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Shopbeschreibung

Barry Lawrence Ruderman is a specialist dealer in rare and important works on paper from the 15th century to the present. Today, our focus extends from the firm’s traditional core specialty in historical cartography, now encompassing a wide range of rare books, Americana (with particular strengths in Western Americana, Texana, and the American Revolution), early photography, old master prints, and significant manuscripts. Our clients include many of the most important public and private collections active today.…

Spezialisierung

etc., Archives, Americana, Exploration, Atlases

Verbandsmitglied

  • Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
  • International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Die Mitglieder dieser Verbände haben sich verpflichtet, die höchsten Standards einzuhalten. Sie verbürgen sich für die Echtheit aller zum Verkauf angebotenen Artikel. Sie liefern fachkundige und detaillierte Beschreibungen, legen alle wesentlichen Mängel und/oder Restaurierungen offen, bieten klare und genaue Preisangaben und arbeiten während des Kaufprozesses fair und ehrlich.

Unternehmensdaten der Verkäuferin bzw. des Verkäufers

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc.

7407 La Jolla Boulevard
La Jolla, CA USA 92037