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<dl><dd>Previous ed. published under title: Vberrimum Sphere mundi comme[n]tum, intersertis etia[m] questionibus Petri de Aliaco, nuper magna cu[m] dilige[n]tia castigatu[m]. [Parisius : Impensis I. Petit, 1508]. That ed. in turn was reprinted from an earlier ed. with similar title, published by Guy Marchant for Jean Petit, Paris, in 1498. Cf. Essays honoring L.C. Wroth, p. 139-141; BN, v. 78, columns 454-456; and NUC pre-1956 NS 0014983-0014984</dd>
<dd>Publication date from colophon (leaf lxxviii [i.e. lxxvi], verso), which reads: Et sic finis hui[s] egregij Tractat[us] de sphera mundi Iohannis de Sacro Busco ... vnacum textualibus, optimis[que] additionibus: ... Impressum est hoc opusculum Anno Dominice Natiuitatis. 1515. in me[n]se Augusti Parisius. Impensis Iohannis Petit commora[n]te in vico Diui Iacobi ad intersignium Lilij aurei</dd>
<dd>Many errors in foliation</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-m⁶ n-o⁴ (leaf o4 blank)</dd>
<dd>Printed in double columns</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>Goldschmidt, E.P. Not in Harrisse</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy has marginal notes in manuscript, occasionally trimmed</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary vellum</dd>
<dd>Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Maury A. Bromsen: bibl. record; Alberto Parreño: bookplate</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: [1] leaf at the end (blank) wanting; several leaves damaged with loss of text</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Maury A. Bromsen</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Astronomy; Imprint 1515</div>
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<dl><dd>Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230</dd>
<dd>Ciruelo, Pedro, approximately 1470-approximately 1560</dd>
<dd>Ailly, Pierre d', 1350-1420?</dd>
<dd>Bromsen, Maury A. fmo RPJCB</dd>
<dd>Parreño, Alberto. fmo RPJCB</dd></dl></div>
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