Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De rerum uarietate libri XVII : adiectus est capitum, rerum & sententiarum notatu dignissimarum index.
1557
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Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De rerum uarietate libri XVII : adiectus est capitum, rerum & sententiarum notatu dignissimarum index.
Uniform title
De rerum varietate libri XVII
Created/published
Basileae : Per Henrichum Petri, 1557.
Description
[12], 707, [33] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 32 cm (fol.)
Note
Also issued the same year in an octavo edition.
Imprint from colophon; title page has place of publication and date only.
Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-Z⁶ a-z⁶ 2A-2P⁶ 2Q⁴.
Illustrations: woodcut port. of author, dated 1553, on title page; numerous small woodcuts in the text.
Volvelle on leaf o4r.
Historiated and floriated initials.
"Quae ad scribendi artem pertinent ... Chartae nostrae quomodo fiant": p. 497-499.
Imprint from colophon; title page has place of publication and date only.
Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-Z⁶ a-z⁶ 2A-2P⁶ 2Q⁴.
Illustrations: woodcut port. of author, dated 1553, on title page; numerous small woodcuts in the text.
Volvelle on leaf o4r.
Historiated and floriated initials.
"Quae ad scribendi artem pertinent ... Chartae nostrae quomodo fiant": p. 497-499.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000-2001. Writing on Hands (catalog entry 66)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to tp.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to tp.
Cited/described in
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), C919
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, I, 2022
Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica, I, 141
Duveen, D.I. Alchemica et chemica, 117
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, I, 2022
Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica, I, 141
Duveen, D.I. Alchemica et chemica, 117
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Volvelles.
Volvelles.
Place of creation/publication
Switzerland -- Basel.
Item Details
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156- 884f
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: the movable part intended for the volvelle is tipped in between leaves o3 and o4.