Mashaallah Ibn Atari (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. in 4, 100 ff. 19cm x 16cm Ancient cover in parchment Ex Libris Heller ?- Armorial plate three dragons - About 30 woodcuts of astronomical representations. Small losses on title page and last page dusty and period wear, some waterstains, inside very faire condition. Former collection Jacques Trembley Geneva, acquired at auction (Vente Trembley-Bonnet) Fernand Trembley Succession. A 17th century manuscript dedicace "Ex Libris Francois de la MORLIERE". ---De elementis et orbibus coelestibus,liber antiquus ac eruditus Messahalae laudatissimi inter arabes astrologi,cui adiectum est scriptum cuiusdam hebraei de eris sev intervallis regnorum, & de diversis gentium annis ac mensibus. Item ijsdem de rebus: scriptum cuiusdam saraceni, continens preterea precepta ad usum tabularum Astronomicarum utilissima. Quae omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata, ---One of Mashallah's most popular works in the Middle Ages was a cosmological treatise This comprehensive account of the cosmos along Aristotelian lines, covers many topics important to early cosmology. Postulating a ten-orb universe it strays from traditional cosmology. Mashallah aimed at the lay reader and illustrated his main ideas with comprehensible diagrams. Two versions of the manuscript were printed: a short version (27 chapters) De scientia motus orbis, and an expanded version (40 chapters) De elementis et orbibus.[3] The short version was translated by Gherardo Cremonese (Gerard of Cremona). Both were printed in Nuremberg, in 1504 and 1549, respectively. This work is commonly abbreviated to De orbe. (Wikipedia) Masha allah that which God intends was a Jewish astrologer from Basra. Ibn al Nadim says in his Fihrist that his name was Misha, meaning Yithro (Jethro). Masha allah was one of the leading astrologers in 8th and early 9th century Baghdad under the caliphates from the time of al Manur to MA MUN, and together with al Nawbakht worked on the horoscope for the foundation of Baghdad in 762.

4to. (100) ff. With several woodcut astronomical diagrams in text. Modern marbled boards with morocco label to gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. A collection of astrological writings in Latin translation first published in 1504 as "De scientia motus orbis". The work provides a comprehensive account of the whole cosmos along Aristotelian lines. The 8th-century Persian Jewish astrologer and astronomer Maa'allah ibn Atari "wrote on virtually every aspect of astrology [.] His brief and rather primitive 'De scientia motus orbis' [or 'De elementis et orbibus coelestibus'] combines Peripatetic physics, Ptolemaic planetary theory, and astrology in such a way that, in conjunction with its use of the Syrian names of the months, one strongly suspects that it is based on the peculiar doctrines of Harran, to which al-Kindi and Abu Masar were also attracted [.] This important Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona of the lost Arabic original of this exposition was published by J. Stabius (Nuremberg, 1504) and by J. Heller (Nuremberg, 1549)" (DSB). - Bookplate of the Marques de Viana, Conde de Urbasa on front pastedown. In excellent condition. - VD 16, ZV 10470. DSB IX, 160 & 162. Zinner p. 211, 1962. Lalande, Bibliographie Astronomique, p. 68. Sarton I, 531. Graesse IV, 503.