[Rarebooks] FS: Key work, Basel: 1533

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(ASTROLOGY) Firmicus Maternus, Julius, jun. [and others]. ...ASTRONOMICON 
LIB. VIII. Per Nicolaum Prucknerum Astrologum Nupertab Innumeris Mendis 
Vindicati... Basel: Ex Officina Joannis Hervagii. 1533. Folio (12-1/2” tall). 2 parts 
in 1. (16),244;143,(89)pp. Large woodcut device on verso of final leaf. 
Numerous tables, woodcut diagrams and large woodcut capitals. Later hand-lettered 
vellum, a bit soiled, over boards.     $6,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work has been called “the most comprehensive handbook of astrology to 
come down to us from antiquity.” The other authors cited in this work are Otto 
Brunfels, Marcus Manilius, Ptolemy, Trismegistus Hermes, and Arab astronomers 
Muhammad ibn Umai ibn al-Farrukan, Mashallah, Zahel, Mansur ibn Abi ‘Amer and 
Muhammad ibn Jabir Battani Houzeau & Lancaster, 761. Gardner. BIBLIOTHECA 
ASTROLOGICA #406. Brunet II: 1270. Adams F506.

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