Schöner, Johannes.

folio (317 x 196mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut headpiece on title-page, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations (some full-page, 10 with volvelles), woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut device on final verso, later limp vellum with yapp edges, without final blank leaf, ?lacking one volvelle

Johann Peter von Ludewig (1668-1743), armorial bookplate stating that his arms were granted by Charles VI on 11 April 1719

Sabin 77805; VD16 S3465; Zinner 2033

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First collected edition of Schöner's mathematical works (including astrology, astronomy and geography), with a preface by Philipp Melanchthon. Schöner started out as a Catholic priest in Bamberg, where he set up a printing press in his house and where he also produced the first printed globe to name America. From 1526 Schöner, now a Lutheran, taught mathematics at the Melanchthon Gymnasium in Nuremberg. He continued to print many works on astronomy and astrology, including several first editions of Regiomontanus's treatises. His own works had all been placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.