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ZAHN, Johann (1641-1707). Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac mirabilium sciendorum. Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Lochner, 1696
3 volumes in one, 2° (390 x 243mm.). Pagination: [48], 448, [8]; [14], 460, [8]; [10], 248, [8]pp. 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved portraits, 55 engraved plates, of which 26 are double-page, one folding, 16 double-page letterpress tables. Titles in red and black. (Without half-titles and without other preliminary and end leaves called for by VD17, some browning and staining to text, folding map in vol. I repaired on verso, the plates illustrating pages 148 and 381 in vol. II cleanly torn, that illustrating p. 336 in the same vol. with internal tear.) Contemporary panelled pigskin with floral tools and rolls surrounding a central lozenge, manuscript title on spine (rubbed and soiled, one clasp defective). Provenance: Provost Marcellinus in Waldhausen (stamp on title verso) – Canonical Library of Klosterneuburg, Austria (inscription on title verso, dated 26 December 1822).
FIRST EDITION of this superbly illustrated compendium of mathematics and natural history by Zahn, a member of the Premonstratensian order of Oberzell near Würzburg. It includes celestial maps after Hevelius, maps of the sun and moon after Eimmart, and world maps, one after Kircher. This copy appears to lack some preliminary and end leaves, VD17 calling for a greater number. On the other hand, the pagination of different copies appears to be irregular. Our volume I has 24 unnumbered preliminary leaves compared to 27 called for by VD17 but only 20 recorded in the Macclesfield copy (hereafter M); 8 unnumbered end leaves to vol. I called for by VD (in addition to the index and errata), are not found here or in M. Our vol. II has 7 preliminaries compared to 9 called for by VD17 and 12 in the M copy; VD17 also calls for 13 unnumbered end leaves in vol. II, not found in either the Beltrame or M copies. Vol. III has 5 preliminary leaves compared to 7 called for by VD and 8 recorded in M; VD17 also calls for 6 unnumbered leaves at the end, not found here or in M. In our volume I, the total of 25 engraved plates (15 double-page, one folding, and 9 single-page), exceeds the M total by one; VD17 calls for only 22 plates in vol. I. In vols. II-III the plate counts conform. The total of 16 letterpress tables agrees with M and other copies recently sold, though VD17 calls for a greater number. BL/STC German, IV Z16; Brunet V, 1519; VD17 39:125300D; Shirley 583 & 584 (the world map and hemispheres); McLaughlin, California as an Island, 122 (plate in vol. II depicting western hemisphere).
3 volumes in one, 2° (390 x 243mm.). Pagination: [48], 448, [8]; [14], 460, [8]; [10], 248, [8]pp. 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved portraits, 55 engraved plates, of which 26 are double-page, one folding, 16 double-page letterpress tables. Titles in red and black. (Without half-titles and without other preliminary and end leaves called for by VD17, some browning and staining to text, folding map in vol. I repaired on verso, the plates illustrating pages 148 and 381 in vol. II cleanly torn, that illustrating p. 336 in the same vol. with internal tear.) Contemporary panelled pigskin with floral tools and rolls surrounding a central lozenge, manuscript title on spine (rubbed and soiled, one clasp defective). Provenance: Provost Marcellinus in Waldhausen (stamp on title verso) – Canonical Library of Klosterneuburg, Austria (inscription on title verso, dated 26 December 1822).
FIRST EDITION of this superbly illustrated compendium of mathematics and natural history by Zahn, a member of the Premonstratensian order of Oberzell near Würzburg. It includes celestial maps after Hevelius, maps of the sun and moon after Eimmart, and world maps, one after Kircher. This copy appears to lack some preliminary and end leaves, VD17 calling for a greater number. On the other hand, the pagination of different copies appears to be irregular. Our volume I has 24 unnumbered preliminary leaves compared to 27 called for by VD17 but only 20 recorded in the Macclesfield copy (hereafter M); 8 unnumbered end leaves to vol. I called for by VD (in addition to the index and errata), are not found here or in M. Our vol. II has 7 preliminaries compared to 9 called for by VD17 and 12 in the M copy; VD17 also calls for 13 unnumbered end leaves in vol. II, not found in either the Beltrame or M copies. Vol. III has 5 preliminary leaves compared to 7 called for by VD and 8 recorded in M; VD17 also calls for 6 unnumbered leaves at the end, not found here or in M. In our volume I, the total of 25 engraved plates (15 double-page, one folding, and 9 single-page), exceeds the M total by one; VD17 calls for only 22 plates in vol. I. In vols. II-III the plate counts conform. The total of 16 letterpress tables agrees with M and other copies recently sold, though VD17 calls for a greater number. BL/STC German, IV Z16; Brunet V, 1519; VD17 39:125300D; Shirley 583 & 584 (the world map and hemispheres); McLaughlin, California as an Island, 122 (plate in vol. II depicting western hemisphere).
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