Astronomica veterum scripta isagogica graeca & latina : Auct. Graeci Procli Sphaera Arati Solensis Phaenomena & Prognostica Leontius Mechanicus de constructione Arateae Sphaerae. His tribus adiuncta est interpretatio latina . Latini. Arateae Phaeomena cum poetica interpretatione M.T. Ciceronis Festi Rufi Avieni Germanici Caes. cum commentariis incerti auct. Veterum Poetarum Fragmenta Astronomica. C. Iulii Hygini Poeticon Astronomicon . 1589

  • Title with woodcut vignette, 48 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [2], [1]-170; 1-302, [2] First part in Greek and Latin, second in Lat
  • [Heidelberg]: in Officina Sanctandreana (H. Commelin?), 1589
By (Astronomy) Proclus, Aratus, Leontius, et al.
[Heidelberg]: in Officina Sanctandreana (H. Commelin?), 1589. Title with woodcut vignette, 48 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [2], [1]-170; 1-302, [2] First part in Greek and Latin, second in Latin. 1 vols. 8vo. Old vellum, spine titled in ink. Note on flyleaf in an early hand, “cum notii MSS. Alb. Jac. Conradi”, heavily annotated in the second part pages 1-156. Paper flaw with loss of page number at L6 (p. 167/8). Very good. Title with woodcut vignette, 48 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [2], [1]-170; 1-302, [2] First part in Greek and Latin, second in Latin. 1 vols. 8vo. Works by Proclus, Aratus, and Leontius Mechanicus in Greek with parallel Latin text; works by Aratus, Cicero, Avienus, Germanicus Caesar, and Hyginus in Latin. STC German 367, not in VD 16; Adams A-2076; Brunet I 533; Houzeau & Lancaster, Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie 782; Schweiger I, 353; Zinner 3356

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