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MANILIUS, MARCUS. Astronomicon. Edited by A. H. Housman. 5 vols. 1903-30

THE SCARCE HOUSMAN EDITION MANILIUS, MARCUS. Astronomicon. Edited by A. H. Housman. 5 volumes. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards with paper spine labels, Volume 1 spine faded and worn, with front joint cracked, small blank piece missing from Volume 5 spine label. Signature of the author Vincent Starrett (1886-1974) in Volume 1. London, 1903-30

  • Notes: first housman edition, limited to 400 sets; second state of Volume 1 spine label. The definitive edition of a poem on astrology by a Roman author of the 1st century A.D., "conceived by its editor as his monument" (ODNB) and published at his expense. Carter, Sparrow & White 3; DSB IX, 79-80.
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