Sphaera mundi (Sphere of the World)
Joannes de Sacro Bosco
(active 1230)
Erhard Ratdolt
(German, worked Italy, 1447?–1527/28)
1485
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 62 woodcuts, of which seven are color-printed
DimensionsOverall: 22.2 x 16.6 x 2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession numberBR1009
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt [before 4 November] 1485
ProvenanceEarly [ownership?] inscriptions on recto of first leaf; Theodore H. Castor & Co., Boston, from whom purchased by MFA August 17, 1899.
