Explanatio super cosmographia Ptolemei, 1497 March 20-1506 May 25.

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Explanatio super cosmographia Ptolemei, 1497 March 20-1506 May 25.

Ms. commentary on ancient and medieval astronomy by the Benedictine monk Bernardus Albingaunensis (of Albenga, Italy), compiled at a hermitage near Genoa, and dated throughout text from March 20, 1497 to May 25, 1506.

[6], [79], [4] leaves, bound ; 33 cm. (fol.)

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