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Aratus of Solis (circa 315-240 BCE) Syntagma Arateorum: Opus Poetica et Astronomia.
Leiden: Christopher Raphelengius for Plantin, 1600.
First edition, edited by the young Hugo Grotius (1583-1645); illustrated with forty-three full-paged engravings and one folding engraving of constellations by Jacob de Gheyn; bound in full antique red morocco, with gilt decoration on boards and lettering on spine, aeg, marbled endleaves (corners bumped with some damage, headcap chipped); the Hoe copy, with his gilt-tooled morocco book label pasted inside the front board, 9 x 6 in.
