Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

SCIENCE, continued 216 c LEUPOLDUS, Duke of Austria. Compilatio . . . de astrorum scientia. Numerous text woodcuts of constellations, zodiac figures, allegorical depictions of planets, and astrological charts. [94] leaves. 4to, 191x138 mm, later binding of medieval manuscript vellum over boards;title and next leaf rehinged with soiling, stains, and partly repaired wormholes minimally affecting woodcuts, scattered cropped marginalia, contents otherwise relatively clean. Contemporary manuscript astronomical tables on verso of last leaf and following endleaf, with binding split in between. (Venice: Melchiorre Sessa & Pietro Ravani, 15 July 1520) [1,500/2,500] Second edition of a work on astrology and astrological meteorology written in the 13th century and first printed in 1489. Sander 3948; Sarton II, 996.