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GIUNTINI, FRANCESCO. Speculum astrologiae. Vol. 1 (of 2). 1581
GIUNTINI, FRANCESCO. Speculum astrologiae, universam mathematicam scientiam in certas classes digestam complectens. . . . accesserunt etiam commentaria . . . in duos posteriores Quadripartiti Ptolemaei libros. Volume 1 (of 2). [20], 1313, [1] pages; lacks final blank. Folio, 17th-century blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, brass catches, lacks clasps, spine darkened; occasional toning, scattered foxing, light soiling and minor spotting on title. Early ownership inscription of the Augustinian Canon Monastery of Heilig Kreuz at Augsburg. Lyon: Symphorien Beraud for Q. Philip Tinghius, 1581
- Notes: First published in 1573, the most comprehensive 16th-century treatise on practical astrology, based on the writings of over 70 authors from antiquity to the Renaissance, among them many Muslim authorities. The contents include the Greek text of books 3 and 4 of Ptolemy''s Tetrabiblos with Latin translation and commentary by Giuntini; the largest collection of nativities yet published; and, in the second volume not present here, tables of celestial movements based on the observations of Copernicus. Adams J435; Caillet 5692; Cantamessa 1839; Riccardi I, 609; Thorndike VI, 130-33.
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