CLICHTOVE, DE MYSTICA NUMERORUM SIGNIFICATIONE, PARIS, 1513

估價

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

招標截止

描述

De mystica numerorum significatione opusculum, eorum praesertim qui in sacris litteris usitati habentur, spiritualem ipsorum designationem succincte elucidans. Paris: Henri Estienne, (16 December) 1513

FIRST EDITION, 4to (200 x 140mm.), woodcut initials, contemporary vellum, modern folding cloth box

來源

bought from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Worcester, MA, 1986

出版

Tomash & Williams C103; BP16 102187; Renouard, Estienne, p.15 no.5; Smith, Rara arithmetica, p.95; USTC 144093

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

拍品資料及來源

“This… is the first separate treatise on the mystery of numbers to appear in print” (Smith). There is also a chapter on finger-reckoning. Although Renouard is silent on the matter, there are two or more issues of the book. This copy conforms to one in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (4 Eph.astr. 17, digitised), also the copy offered in these rooms in the Honeyman sale (30 April 1979, lot 725), the copy in the Plimpton Collection described by Smith, and the copy described by Fred Schreiber, The Estiennes: an annotated catalogue (New York 1982), no. 19 (now Hanes Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). In another issue, represented by a second copy in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (4 Exeg. 180 m, digitised), the title is reset within a woodcut border (Schreiber no. II), with imprint below: "Venale habetur Parisijs in officina Henrici Stephani chalcographi (ubi impressum est) e regione scholae Decretorum". There are two settings of the initial quire and different states of sheets in quires b and c (press corrections).