Accession number
PML 125165
Creator
Manilius, Marcus.
Published
Lvtetiae : Apud Manertum Patissonium typographum regium, in officina Roberti Stephani, M. D. LXXIX [1579]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
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.
Each part listed separately on Pickwoad checklist.
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.
Each part listed separately on Pickwoad checklist.
Description
2 v. in 1 ([6] leaves, 136, [8], 292, [12] p.) : ill. ; 18 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
"[17] [s?] p. t. [?]" inscription on first flyleaf.
Provenance
From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).
Binding
Contemporary limp parchment with yapped fore-edge cover extensions; manuscript waste; manuscript on spine (author's name); evidence of paper spine label and two pairs of fore-edge ties; sewing structure visible.
Classification
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