Author
Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
Title
Jadawel mavādeh thavābet dar tool wa ard keh be rasad yāft-e Oloq Bayk ben Sharokh ben Taymoor sive Tabulæ long. ac lat. stellarum fixarum, / ex observatione Ulugh Beighi, Tamerlanis Magni nepotis, regionum ultra citràque Gjihun (i. Oxum) pricipis potentissimi. Ex tribus invicèm collatis MSS Persicis jam primùm luce ac Latio donavit, & commentariis illustravit, Thomas Hyde A.M. è Coll. Reginæ Oxon. In calce Libri accesserunt Mohammedis Tizini tabulæ declinationum & rectarum ascensionum. Additur demum elenchus nominum stellarum..
Varying form of title
Tabulæ stellarum fixarum
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Tabulæ long. ac lat. stellarum fixarum
Varying form of title
Tabulae long. ac lat. stellarum fixarum
Varying form of title
Ulugh Beighi Tabulae stellarum fixarum
Varying form of title
Ulugh Beighi Tabulæ stellarum fixarum
Varying form of title
Tabulae stellarum fixarum
Imprint
Oxonii, : typis Henrici Hall Academiæ typographi, sumptibus authoris. Venales prostant apud Richardum Davis bibliopolam., MDCLXV. [1665]
Physical description
[32], 151, [1], 88, [8] p. ; 23 cm (4to)
Note
The first two lines of text are in Persian.
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The roman numeral date is made with turned Cs.
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Title page in red and black.
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With imprimatur statement on verso of title page.
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With parallel tables in Latin and Persian.
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With an index at end of text.
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Divisional title on page 1: Ulugh Beighi Tabulæ stellarum fixarum.
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Caption title on p. 1 (second sequence, i.e. leaf X1r): In Vlugh Beighi Tabulas stellarum fixarum commentarii; pagination is separate; register is continuous.
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Signatures: pi4 *-***4 B-Z4 Aa-Ii4.
Note
Caption title on page 73 (second sequence, i.e. leaf Gg1r), preceded by title in Persian: "Tabula stellarum fixarum, secundum motionem declinationis et ascensionis, pro fine anni Hegjrae purissimae 940, i. Chr. 1533."
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), U23
Citation/references note
Madan, III, 2724
Citation/references note
ESTC, R218889
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1990. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2022:26).
Provenance
Inscription at head of title page, indicating that the book was given to Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter (later Bishop of Salisbury) by the book's editor, translator and publisher Thomas Hyde: "Seth Exon Donum Editoris Jun: 26. 1665". This is Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter (later Bishop of Salisbury).
Provenance
Pressmark of Seth Ward (1617-1689) on upper endleaf: D:3:31.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with gilt fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with ends intersecting, and with gilt stamps at inner corners; smooth spine with gilt fillets and stamps; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red and blue; printer's waste used as endleaves; tan leather spine label with title, and date 1665 in gilt on spine; evidence of chain-plate on upper board at fore-edge.
Subject
Astronomy, Arab Early works to 1800.
Subject
Stars Catalogs Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hyde, Thomas, 1636-1703 editor, translator, publisher.
Added entry--name
Al-Tizīnī, Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabula stellarum fixarum, secundum motionem declinationis & ascensionis, pro fine anni Hegjrae purissimae 940, i. Chr. 1533.
Added entry--name
Hyde, Thomas, 1636-1703 In Vlugh Beighi Tabulas stellarum fixarum commentarii.
Added entry--name
Hall, Henry, active 1642-1680 printer.
Added entry--name
Davis, Richard, active 1646-1688 bookseller.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
In Vlugh Beighi Tabulas stellarum fixarum commentarii
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
In Ulugh Beighi Tabulas stellarum fixarum commentarii
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
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