Title supplied by cataloger. Origin: Written in northeastern Italy, probably Venice, in 1464 (f. 19v) and 1465 (f. 66v). Foliation: Parchment and paper, ii (19th-century paper) + 84 + ii (19th-century paper); 1-4¹⁰ 5⁹(-1) 6⁹(-1) 7-8¹⁰ 9⁶; [1-84]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Binding: 19th-century English blind-tooled morocco, with marbled endleaves. Decoration: 3 colored diagrams (world map surrounded by concentric circles and zodiac signs, f. 8r; world divided into temperature zones surrounded by concentric circles, f. 12r; benches for rowers, f. 30v); 1 ink diagram (compass points, f. 49v); 3 astronomical tables in black and red (f. 66r, 66v, 68v); 1 three-quarter white vine-stem border with a 10-line illuminated initial in gold on... Script: Written in italic script. Layout: Written in 30 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in blind visible on some leaves. Ms. codex. Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 10 Jul. 1968, lot 283; sold at auction at Sotheby's, 7 Dec. 2004, lot 40, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019. Formerly owned by John Lee (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Sotheby's, 8 Nov. 1888, lot 266. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Formerly owned by Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Evans, 13 Dec. 1830, lot 563 (note on second flyleaf).
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