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Ephemerides Andreæ Argoli a Talliacozzo medici, & philosophi ad longitvdinem almæ vrbis Romæ : Ab anno Incarnationis Dominicæ MDCXXI. vsque ad MDCXL. ex Prutenicis tabulis concinnè supputatæ : Eiusdem Isagogæ, & canones absolutissimi prima præcepta omnia
These astronomical tables were based on Erasmus Reinhold's Prutenic tables and on the observations of Tycho Brahe., Chiefly tables., The publisher statement appears after the date of publication., Signatures: [cross]⁴ A-P⁸ Q⁴ R⁸ S⁴; A-2M⁸ 2N² (as recorded in regestrum on last page)., Title in black and red, with printer's vignette (woodcut)., Page 175 misnumbered as 169., Leaf signed R4 misnumbered as A4.
Gli arcani delle stelle intorno a i più notabili euenti nelle cose del mondo per l'anno MDCXLIX. Discorso astrologico.
Date of publication from BLC and Riccardi., Dedication dated: 16 December, 1648., Title vignette; initials., BLC, v. 54, p. 201., Riccardi, P. Bib. matematica, I, column 266.
Eis tēn Tetrabiblon tou Ptolemaiou exēgētēs anōnumos = In Clavdii Ptolemæi Qvadripartitvm enarrator ignoti nominis, quem tamen Proclvm fuisse quidam existimant
item Porphuriou philosophou eisagōgē eis tēn apotelesmatikēn to Ptolemaiō ; Porphyrii Philosophi introductio in Ptolemæi opus de effectibus astrorum ; praeterea Hermetis Philosphi De revolvtionibvs natiuitatum libri duo, incerto interprete., The commentaries, or introductions to Tetrabiblon or Quadripartitum by Claudius Ptolemy, attributed to Proclus and Porphyry, were printed in Greek and Latin in Basle, 1559. Cf. W. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology., An Introduction to the Tetrabiblon of Ptolemy is attributed by some to Porphyry, by others to Antiochus., Title in Greek and Latin., Signatures: a-b⁶ A-R⁶ 2A-2E⁶ 2F⁸., Imprint from colophon., Initials; side notes; printer's device on p. [1] at end., Printed in parallel columns in Greek and Latin., Page 207 misnumbered 217 and numerous other pagination errors., Includes index., Errata on p. [23] at the beginning., Bookplate on t.p.: "Bibliothecæ Romagnoli, Cæsenæ Via S. Zenonis".
Vniversa astrosophia natvralis : varijs & hucusque nunquam editis experimentis comprobata: & ab argumentis quamplurimis à falsitate in contrarium deductis, rationibus, ac auctoritatibus vindicata : in tres divisa libros ...
ab avctore Antonio Francisco de Bonattis ..., Signatures: *⁶ A-I⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-2T⁴ [$2 (+*3) signed]., Added engr. t.p., Head and tail pieces; initials., Date precedes publisher on t.p., Pagination errors: 82 misnumbered as 83; 84 as 85; 151 as 141; 248 as 148; 327, 328 are repeated., Harlow Collection bookplate.
A prognostication euerlasting of right good effect : fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary token
Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne., Illustrated t.p., Head and tail pieces; initials; side notes., Bottom margin of t.p. overtrimmed, obscuring part of imprint. Outer margin also overtrimmed, affecting side notes and some illustrations.
Specvlvm astrologiæ, vniversam mathematicam scientiam, in certas classes digestam, complectens.
Avtore Francisco Ivnctino Florentino ... Accesserunt etiã Cõmentaria ... in duos posteriores Qvadripartiti Ptolemæi libros ... tomvs prior[-posterior]., Vol. 2 has subtitle: Comprehendens Commentaria in theoricas planetarvm et in Sphæram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco ..., Title page in red and black., Initials, head and tail pieces., Side notes., Text in 2 columns., Includes index.