PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Almagestum seu Magnae Constructionis Mathematicae Opus plane Divinum Latina donatum lingua ab Georgio Trapezuntio usquequaq.doctissimo. Per Lucam Gauricum.Venezia, Lucantonio Giunta, 1528

Folio small, mm. 290x220; contemporary full vellum binding; leaves 6, 143, 1 blank; Title-page in red and blacks with large firm of Giunti in red; some large adorned initials, on the margins of the text numerous geometric figures and diagrams.

First edition with the Latin version made directly from the greek text. This first edition of the Giunti, with the translation of George of Trebizond, is cured by the astronomer Salerno Gaurico Luca, who worked during the whole of his life to the publication of astronomical and mathematical texts. The work of Ptolemy is the first and most comprehensive treatise on astronomy history, represents the set of astronomical knowledge of the ancient world and brings a catalog of all the stars then known, over 1,000. Honeyman: "Ptolemy's famous encyclopedia of astronomy was Largely based on Hipparchus but it is in many respects an original work. It completed the establishment of astronomy as a mathematical disciplines. His catalog of 1,028 stars is the most accurate description of the ancient heaven. DSB Describes the Almagest as a masterpiece of clarity and method, superior to any ancient scientific textbook. "I mentioned or described several astronomical instruments including the equatorial armillary, the plinth, the triquetrum and armillary astrolabe.

Adams P-2214; Norman 1760; PMM 40; Sparrow 167; Honeyman 2550-51; DSB XI, 187ff; Stillwell 97N; Wellcome 5281; Camerini I, n. 327; Sander II, 5972.

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