Bidspirit auction | Chochmat HaMazalot – Basel, 1527

Chochmat HaMazalot – Basel, 1527 – First Edition – Illustrations - Chochmat HaMazalot, Kalendarium Hebraicum, edited by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Johann Froben, 1527. Hebrew and Latin. First edition. Anthology of works and various passages on the subject of the Hebrew calendar, partially translated into Latin. Includes selections from Seder Olam Zuta, Sefer HaKabbalah by R. Avraham ibn Daud, Limtzo Moladot, Ibur Katzuv by R. Nachshon [Gaon], Shemot HaMazalot VehaMalachim and other works. Many fine woodcut initial letters. Two leaves with large astronomical illustrations of the solar system and celestial bodies (one illustration features Münster's hometown Heidelberg at the center). Various additional charts and illustrations. Printer's device of Johann Froben on title page and last leaf. Glosses and inscriptions in Latin on several leaves, at margins and within text. [2] plates, [7], 200, [16] pages. [2] plate leaves are partially folded, bound at beginning of book before title page. 18.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Open tear to first folding leaf, affecting illustration, repaired with paper (illustration filled in by hand). Tear to second folding leaf, affecting illustration, repaired with paper (part of this leaf may have been supplied from another copy). New leather binding, high-quality, with decorations of stars and zodiac wheel on both sides of binding. Defects to binding. Joseph Prijs, Basle, no. 24.