{"product_id":"libellus-de-sphaera","title":"Libellus de Sphaera","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195-1256). Libellus de Sphaera. Wittenberg: Excudebat Johannes Crato, 1561. Octavo, illustrated with text woodcuts moving parts of 4 volvelles supplied in facsimile; two folding tables bound after the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Bound with] Caspar Peucer's Elementa Doctrinae de Circulis Coelestibus et Primo Motu, Wittenberg: Crato, 1558, illustrated with woodcut text diagrams, including 4 volvelles with moving parts supplied in facsimile and 7 folding typographical tables (one illustrated with a woodcut of the globe); bound in full contemporary German alum-tawed pigskin over boards dated 1562 with the initials HBT, blind tooled with portrait plates of Lucretia (signed C.K. in the plate) and Justice on front and back board; lacking clasps, catches present, somewhat worn, pastedowns and flyleaves removed, first title toned; with contemporary marginalia; 6 1\/4 x 4 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLibellus de Sphaera is Sacrabosco’s greatest astronomy book but also very importantly describes the earth as a sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Owen Gingerich. Astronomer, Professor, Historian and Bibliophile \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johannes de Sacrobosco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48559423389901,"sku":null,"price":3750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3751\/7517\/files\/LibellusdeSphaera_front.jpg?v=1778006121","url":"https:\/\/windersrarebooks.com\/products\/libellus-de-sphaera","provider":"Winders Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}