[Incunabula] FIRMIN DE BEAUVAL. Opusculum repertorii pronosticum in mutationes aeris tam via astrologica quam metheorologica. [Follow:] Hippocratis libellus de medicorum astrologia.[Colophon on last leaf:] Venezia, Erhard Ratdolt, 1485.
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4to, mm. 200x145; Binding of the XIX century, calf with gilded impressions on the covers and spine, marbled endpapers, gilded edges; leaves 49, woodcut initials, diagrams and astrological tables, Gothic type. Ex libris on label typography “La Medicea” of Florence.
EDITIO PRINCEPS. Important work of astrology, meteorology and many other celestial phenomena.
Stillwell: “An anonymous work attributed to Firmin de Beauval. Relates to meteorology, phenomena, and astrology. Derived largely from the writings of Ptolemy, Pliny, Al-Kindi, Abu Ma’shar, Ali ibn Abu-l-Rijal, Ali ibn Ridwan, Joannes Hispalensis, Abraham ben Ezra, Albertus Magnus, and Leopoldus, dux Austriae.” Honeyman: “One of the earliest treatises on meteorology.”
The conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury, which Firmin de Beauval had planned for 1345, was interpreted in retrospect as the cause of the air change that caused the epidemic plague of 1348.
Sarton: “The De Mutatione aeris. might be called a traitise on astrological meteorology. Pietro de Abano (1250 - 1316) was primarily an astrologer, but he had a good knowledge of astronomical theory, was genuinely interested in science and medicine. He translated Hippocratis (pseudo Hippocrates) de medicorum astrologia libellus, Venice, 1485.”
Goff P1006; HCR 13393; IGI 8082; Pr 4401; BMC V 291; BSB-Ink F-130; GW 9982; Polain, 2917; Cantamessa, Astrologia, 428 ; Gardner, Bibl. astrologica, 579; Thorndike, V, pp. 263-91. Cfr. Sarton, Introd. to the histrory of science, III, pp 657-58 e 441-43.
Sign of damages at the bindings, nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
EDITIO PRINCEPS. Important work of astrology, meteorology and many other celestial phenomena.
Stillwell: “An anonymous work attributed to Firmin de Beauval. Relates to meteorology, phenomena, and astrology. Derived largely from the writings of Ptolemy, Pliny, Al-Kindi, Abu Ma’shar, Ali ibn Abu-l-Rijal, Ali ibn Ridwan, Joannes Hispalensis, Abraham ben Ezra, Albertus Magnus, and Leopoldus, dux Austriae.” Honeyman: “One of the earliest treatises on meteorology.”
The conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury, which Firmin de Beauval had planned for 1345, was interpreted in retrospect as the cause of the air change that caused the epidemic plague of 1348.
Sarton: “The De Mutatione aeris. might be called a traitise on astrological meteorology. Pietro de Abano (1250 - 1316) was primarily an astrologer, but he had a good knowledge of astronomical theory, was genuinely interested in science and medicine. He translated Hippocratis (pseudo Hippocrates) de medicorum astrologia libellus, Venice, 1485.”
Goff P1006; HCR 13393; IGI 8082; Pr 4401; BMC V 291; BSB-Ink F-130; GW 9982; Polain, 2917; Cantamessa, Astrologia, 428 ; Gardner, Bibl. astrologica, 579; Thorndike, V, pp. 263-91. Cfr. Sarton, Introd. to the histrory of science, III, pp 657-58 e 441-43.
Sign of damages at the bindings, nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
