[Rarebooks] FS: Manilius' "Astronomicon" Leyden: 1600

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(ASTRONOMY) Manilius, Marcus. ASTRONOMICON a Josepho Scaligero Ex Vetusto 
Codice Gemblacensi Infinitis Mendis Repurgatum. Eiusdem Josephi Scaligeri Notae, 
Quibus Auctoris Prisia Astrologia Explicatur… Leyden: Ex Officina Plantiniana, 
Apud Christophorum Raphelengium. 1600. Small    4to. 2 parts in 1. 
(32),131,(5);(20),510,(2)pp. Index. Woodcut device on title. Numerous astrological 
diagrams and tables, and a sprinkling of Greek, Arabic and Hebrew within the Latin 
text. 18th cent. calf, scuffed, brown morocco spine label. Small chip at foot 
of spine & front hinge split but holding soundly. Ownership signature on title 
page dated 1618. Skene Library bookplate on front pastedown.     $500.00 
(trade discount allowed)
The second part, with its own title page is Scaliger’s “Castigationes et 
Notae in M. Manili Astronomicon.” Graesse IV, 364. Adams M-365.

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