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HYGINUS, CAIUS JULIUS. Poeticon Astronomicon. 43 (of 48) woodcut illustrations, copied in reverse from those in the 1482 edition printed by Erhard Ratdolt. [53] (of [56]) leaves; lacks A1 (with woodcut diagram on verso) and E2.7 (with 4 illustrations). Roman type. 4to, 208x146 mm, later limp vellum; opening leaves wormed in gutters and rehinged, several other leaves reinforced in gutters, scattered stains at beginning and end, cropped early marginalia; blue edges. (Venice: Thomas de Blavis, 7 June 1488)
Fourth edition of a treatise on constellations and myths relating to them, dating from the late 1st century B.C. and first published in an unillustrated edition in 1475. Hain-Copinger 9065; BMC V, 318; Goff H562; ISTC ih00562000.
