Author
Hero, of Alexandria
Uniform title
Pneumatica. Latin
Title
Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium liber. / A Federico Commandino Urbinate, ex Græco nuper in Latinum conuersus..
Varying form of title
Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalivm liber
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Spiritalivm liber
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Spiritalium liber
Imprint
[Paris] : Apud Ægidium Gorbinum, sub insigni Spei, è regione collegij Cameracensis., M. D. LXXXIII. [1583]
Physical description
163, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm (4to)
Note
Printer's device on title page.
Note
Signatures: A-V⁴ X².
Note
Error in pagination: p. 127 misnumbered as 217.
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
A variant has "Parisiis" in imprint.
Note
With many woodcut illustrations throughout the text.
Citation/references note
Adams, H370
Citation/references note
CLC, H461
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
16th- or 17th-century; primary stab-stitching; parchment wrapper attached to text block with four tawed leather thongs; remains of two pairs of tawed leather ties at fore-edge.
Subject
Pneumatics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Commandino, Federico, 1509-1575 translator.
Added entry--name
Gourbin, Gilles, -1590 printer.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
B14385
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