Astrolabium planum in tabulis ascendens

[176] leaves : 23 cm (4to) Imprint derived from colophon (D12 verso): "Opus astrolabij plani in tabulis a Ioha[n]ne Angeli a nouo elaboratu[m] explicit feliciter. Impressum Venetijs per Iohane[m] Emericu[m] de Spira alemanu[m], anno salutis millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo nonagesimo quarto: quinto idus Iunij." Signatures: [pi]⁴ a-e⁸ f-s⁴ t-y⁸ z¹² A-C⁸ D¹² (D11, D12=blank) Median quarto; v8 (i.e. fol. [112]) recto: 44 lines plus headline, 145 (153) x 107 mm; types: 156G, 66G; woodcut initials, illustrations, and diagrams Title (pi1 recto) -- Woodcut of astronomer (pi1 verso) -- Ciuitates octo climatum (pi2 recto) -- [Note on contents] (pi2 verso-pi3 verso) -- Tabulae signorium ascendentium et aequotionum domorum (pi4 verso-e8 verso) -- Part II, Imagines facierum signorum et figurae coeli a Petro de Abano elaboratae (f1 recto-r4 verso) -- Part III, Tabula temporum conceptionis et natiuitatis et tractatus ex libris Iulii Firmici et noctium (s1 recto-z12 verso) -- Part IV, Tabulae horarum inaequalium dierum et noctium (A1 recto-D10 recto) -- Register and colophon (D10 verso) COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.119 imperfect: D11 and D12 (both blank) wanting. Most woodcuts partially hand-colored. A two-leaf (four-page) contemporary manuscript ephemeris bound-in after text. On final page of the manuscript section, a natal chart calculated for a birth in the year 1471. Leaf dimensions: 218 x 159 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.119 with dealer's notes, etc., at front. Early/contemporary inscriptions and marginal annotations. Purchased from Emil Hirsch in December, 1939. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.119 bound in modern quarter vellum with printed incunable leaf waste.