207 leaves : 196 x 155 (135 x 105) mm. bound to 203 x 166 mmPaper, iii + 207 leaves; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners, [ii], 1-79, 81-118, [vi], 1-11, 13-156, [xi], 1-106, [xvi]; [i, 1-206], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.Written in an italic hand.Painted borders on title pages (f. i recto, 62r, 145r); painted 10-line initial with Jesuit monogram IHS at start of manuscript (f. 1r); 8- and 7-line initials with decorative penwork in black ink at start of Work 2 and Work 3 (f. 63r, 146r); ink drawing titled Orbis totalis lunae descriptio, showing the orbit and phases of the moon (f. 60r); astronomical drawing in ink showing the major circles of latitude, a meridian, and the directions (f. 182v).Decorated title page, f. i rectoDecorated initial, Initial Q, Christ monogram, f. 1rDiagram, f. 30vDecorated initial, Initial P, f. 63rDecorated title page, f. 145rDecorated initial, Initial H, f. 146rDiagram, f. 182v
Contemporary parchment, with blind-ruled covers, 2 pairs of linen ties, and titles and date on spine (Gaskell).
Probably written in Switzerland (Maggs) in 1635 (spine).
1635Switzerland?Previously sold by Maggs Rare Books (London), 2008?Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books (Warboys, England), 2008.Astronomy--Early works to 1800Meteorology--Early works to 1800CodicesCommentariesLecture notesManuscripts, Latin--17th centuryManuscripts, European