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206
July '85
Maggs Bros.
London
15L = $20.85
Firmicus Maternus, Julius (1st half 4th c) fl. 350 330-354)
De nativitatibus. Ed. by Franciscus Niger. With
other tracts - Marcus Manilius: Astronomicorum
libb. V. Aratus: Phaenomena (Latin - Greek). Theon:
Commentaria in Aratum (Greek). Proclus Diadochus:
Sphaera (Greek) Liber Septimus
(312x207mm) Hains - Scriptorus astronomici veteres.
Venice: Aldus Manutuis, Romanus. June and
[17] Oct. 1499 folio.
Ref: Goff F 191 HC 14559 BMC V 560 Pr 5579
Cop: HEHL, NYPL, PML.
Velin (en 2 vol.)
376 leaves, 231x292 blank. 8a :38 lines + headline
219(229)x133mm. 320a :40 lines of Greek scholia
surrounding text 228x130mm. (310x211mm)
Types: 114R - Aldine text type, with accents, semi: colons +
commas - in use 1495/6 - June 1499,
superseded by 115 R.
115R in use from July 1499 onwards.
quiras, G-N, T: 114 G k - cursive text type. In
use from Aug 1496 to end of 1499.
Capital spaces, with guide letters. Woodcuts (39 astrological) in the Latin
Aratus, also diagrams. Catch words

Astronomical symbols
[?] June O moon, full [?] Taurus [?] Mercury [?] Aries
[?] Jupiter [?] moon, 1st quarter [?] [?] Pisces [?] Libra
[?] Leo [?] Sun [?] Saturn m Scorpio [?] Gemini
[?] Mars [?] Venus
- Leaf Book 1981 - K. Karmoile, Los Angeles. $125-150 #21-164 (#1-20, woodcut)
Gunst Z 239 .9 A36 B57 f
neoplatonic astrology in 8 books. De Nativitatibus takes up about
(190 leaves) 1/2 the entire folio vol. of 376 leaves. The Fragmentum Phaenomona
contains 38 very attractive woodcuts.