Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 148

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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
LIRFRÈ, BIASIO [pseud.?]. Bizzarre Osservazioni Astrologiche Follie Stravaganti Frenesie sopra le Qualità de' Tempi e Stagioni dell'Anno e Forma de Membri del Corpo Umano. 176 pages, with blank leaves bound between pages 172 and 173. 8vo, 149x97 mm, early 19th-century 1/4 sheep, worn; contents browned, margins trimmed entering some direction lines, minor marginal dampstaining on opening leaves. Signature of J. Cleland Burns dated Pisa 1874; conspicuous stamp of Saint Gregory's University on top, fore, and bottom edges, pastedowns, and title. Venice: Domenico Lovisa, 1704

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first edition of a book condoning the astrological prediction of meteorological and medical conditions but otherwise condemning judicial astrology and other forms of divination. Cantamessa 2597.