Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 127

Price Realized: $ 188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
MANILIUS, MARCUS. Astronomicon . . . in usum serenissimi Delphini. With commentary by Michel Dufay, Pierre-Daniel Huet, and Joseph Justus Scaliger. Engraved astrological diagrams and illustrations of constellations in text. [26] (of [28]), 448, [68]; 88 pages; lacks the engraved additional title. 4to, 251x180 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, few stains on covers, cover corners worn through; varying toning or browning, ink smudge and slight soiling on title. Ownership inscription of Ignácio Navamuel y Ahumada. Paris: Fredericus Leonard, 1679

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first delphin edition of the Astronomica of Manilius, the earliest extant treatise on astrology, composed in the 1st-century A.D. and first printed circa 1473-74. BEA, page 735; Houzeau & Lancaster 1037.