[Rarebooks] FS: "The Poeticon Astronomicon by Hyginus" from The Allen Press. As new.

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(THE ALLEN PRESS) Hyginus, Gaius Julius. THE POETICON ASTRONOMICON. Being the 
Illustrious Astronomer's Exposition of the Lore of the World and the Heavenly 
Sphere, Together with the Stories of the Planets and Constellations: Now for 
the First Time Rendered Complete into English [from the Latin, by Mark 
Livingston], and Reproducing All the Original Woodcut Illustrations from the First 
Illustrated Edition Printed by Erhard Ratdolt in Venice, 1482... Greenbrae, CA: 
The Allen Press. 1985. Sm. folio. 150pp. Printed in red & blue on all-rag 
Barcham Green handmade paper. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and a 
hand-colored vignette on the title page. Edition limited to 140 copies, hand printed and 
bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Pictorial gray linen stamped in blue & red. 
Housed in publisher's matching slipcase. Fine, as new.   A beautiful book.     
 $750.00 (trade discount allowed)

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