ALLIACO, Petrus de (1350-1420). Concordantia astronomiae cum theologia. Edited by Johannes Angelus. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 1 January 1490.
4° (97 x 155mm). 56 leaves, 41 lines, Types: 130; 92; 76. Full-page woodcut on a1v, 4 woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials, Ratdolt's large ‘Mercury’ device printed in red and black on last leaf. (Title with small repair at upper inner margin, occasional light spotting or light marginal browning.) Modern vellum.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Cardinal d’Ailly’s treatise in which he shows that there is no necessary conflict between astrology and theology. It was first published in 1480 as part of Ailly’s famous Imago mundi. The woodcut on the verso of the title-page depicts a theologian and an astronomer in conversation. H 834*; GW M31932; Klebs 768.1; Schr 4923; ISTC ia00471000; Bod-inc A-210; Pr 1884; BMC II 383; BSB-Ink P-332; Goff A-471.
ALLIACO, Petrus de (1350-1420). Concordantia astronomiae cum theologia. Edited by Johannes Angelus. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 1 January 1490.
4° (97 x 155mm). 56 leaves, 41 lines, Types: 130; 92; 76. Full-page woodcut on a1v, 4 woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials, Ratdolt's large ‘Mercury’ device printed in red and black on last leaf. (Title with small repair at upper inner margin, occasional light spotting or light marginal browning.) Modern vellum.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Cardinal d’Ailly’s treatise in which he shows that there is no necessary conflict between astrology and theology. It was first published in 1480 as part of Ailly’s famous Imago mundi. The woodcut on the verso of the title-page depicts a theologian and an astronomer in conversation. H 834*; GW M31932; Klebs 768.1; Schr 4923; ISTC ia00471000; Bod-inc A-210; Pr 1884; BMC II 383; BSB-Ink P-332; Goff A-471.
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