1562 Ephemerides Octavae Sphaerae ANTIQUE astronomy astrology by Pontus de Tyard

Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521-1605)

Ephemerides Octavae Sphaerae.


Lyon: Apud Ioan. Tornaesium, 1562


 First edition, folio

 title page printed within elaborate allegorical woodcut ocmpartment;

period inscription of Giesanto Antonini di Mondavio to the Mondavio Capuchins on title

"Gift of Giesanto Antonini di Mondavio to the Capuchine Library of Mondavio"

(top outside corner of title repaired)


bound in original full vellum , spine with raised bands and manuscript title

 Rare in libraries and at auction.

Occasional spots, very good


Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.

Size 8 1/4 by 12 1/2 in.

Text in Latin
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Houzeu-Lancaster 9848; Gioranesco 21479; Cartier, Des-Tournes 491, Leigh Gardiner,
Bibliotheca Astrologica 1247
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First edition of this unusual ephemeris of the rising and setting times of about 270 key stars, designed to set the casting of horoscopes on a surer foundation. The author was the renowned poet of the Pleiad circle, becoming bishop of Chalons-sur-Saone in 1578
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