Accession number
PML 79810
Creator
Manilius, Marcus.
Published
Lvtetiae : Apud Manertum Passonium typographum regium, in officina Roberti Stephani, M. D. LXXIX [1579]
Credit line
Purchased on the Harper Fund, 1989.
Notes
Signatures: ā⁶ A-I a-t⁸.
Includes index.
Printer's device on both title pages.
Second part has separate title page as follows: Iosephi Scaligeri Ivl. Caesaris F. In Manili qvinqve libros astronomicon. Commentarivs et castigationes.
Pt.2 originally had title date 1578 on the title page, but survives with this date in only one known copy.
Text on the conjugate leaf has variants.
First edition of Scaliger's text.
The earliest extant treatise on astrology.
Ornamental woodcut initials and head-pieces.
Woodcut arms of Henri III on verso of first title page.
Includes index.
Printer's device on both title pages.
Second part has separate title page as follows: Iosephi Scaligeri Ivl. Caesaris F. In Manili qvinqve libros astronomicon. Commentarivs et castigationes.
Pt.2 originally had title date 1578 on the title page, but survives with this date in only one known copy.
Text on the conjugate leaf has variants.
First edition of Scaliger's text.
The earliest extant treatise on astrology.
Ornamental woodcut initials and head-pieces.
Woodcut arms of Henri III on verso of first title page.
Description
2 v. in 1 ([6] leaves, 136, [7], 292, [12] p.) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Provenance
The Chatsworth copy (bookplate).
Binding
Polished calf.
Classification
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