Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica, . juxta hypotheses tam veterum qum̂ recentiorum. Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuntius sidereus, et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice.
Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)
Category
Books
Date
1653
Materials
Measurements
184 x 120 x 34 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3022497
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: hand made laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: One and a half white handmade laid paper endleaves survive at front, and one leaf at the back - original format unclearStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, densely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: Slight round, angled joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked 1x1 L-R in blue and white thread over rolled parchment cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: hard grey pulp boards, all slips laced, angled up in the front board, down in the back. The back board has a paper lining under the turn-ins but cut short of the slip lacing.Covering: brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: 12 blind-tooled horizontal 2-fillets.Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-fillet border and quarter line with a small fleuron in internal corners Furniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bound with: Siderevs Nuncius, London: Typis Jacobi Flesher, Prostant apud Cornelium Bee, 1653
Bibliographic description
[16],199,[1];173,[3]p., 4 plates . ill.. . 8vo. Both boards off. Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Seventeenth century? calf; double blind fillets; blind tooling in corners of boards.
Makers and roles
Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)