Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 143
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
PALINGENIUS STELLATUS, MARCELLUS [i. e., pseud. of PIETRO ANGELO MANZOLLI]. Zodiacus vitae; hoc est, De hominis vita, studio ac moribus optime instituendis, libri XII. Title within woodcut arabesque border. 331, [21] pages, including colophon leaf, penultimate leaf with printer's device, and final blank. 16mo, 107x78 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, discolored along fore edge of covers; contents browned, occasional minor soiling; red edges. Basel: Nicolaus Brylinger, 1600

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Philosophical poem on human life, knowledge, and conduct organized in 12 books by zodiac sign, first published in the 1530s and frequently reprinted and translated. Ellinger I, 339 and 345.