[Rarebooks] FS: Firmicus Maternus' ancient handbook on astrology. 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.    $3,500.00 (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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