{"product_id":"1582-astronomy-la-sfera-del-mondo-by-astrologer-francesco-giuntini-antique","title":"1582 ASTRONOMY LA SFERA DEL MONDO by astrologer Francesco Giuntini ANTIQUE","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003eFrancesco Giuntini (1523-1590)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Sfera del Mondo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyon: Appresso Simforiano Beraud, 1582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, octavo, \u003cbr\u003eauthor portrait in woodcut medallion to title page;\u003cbr\u003eillustrated with text diagrams,\u003cbr\u003eone full page plate extraneous to the collation and one folding plate with parts of unconstructed volvelles (folding plate broken and repaired along one vertical fold, with some losses to two of the volvelle components); \u003cbr\u003ebound in full original vellum (upper endcap damaged with loss; toning and some foxing); \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erare at auction, before the 2024 sale listed in RBH, only two other copies appear in 1948 \u0026amp; 1950; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication: \u003cbr\u003eTo the very magnificent M. Zanobi Giovannini, noble Florentine merchant.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook I. The Sphere of the World by Messer Giovanni Sacrobosco.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook II:  of the Sphere of the World.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook III. of the Garden \u0026amp; Sunset of Signs \u0026amp; the Diversity of Days (and) Nights, (and) the Diversity of Climates. Chapter I.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook IV:  of the Circles (and) Motions of the Planets (and) of the Causes of Eclipses of the Sun (and) of the Moon.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of the most notable things contained in this work of the sphere of the world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----------------------\u003cbr\u003eThis particular work gives testimony to the intellectual creep Copernicus's heliocentric model had made some decades after its initial appearance on the scene, even in catholic astronomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----------------\u003cbr\u003e\"In his diagram [as seen on page 19 of the present work], Giuntini depicts the planetary system established by Copernicus. [...] \u003cbr\u003ePreceding and following this diagram is Giuntini's brief description of the heliocentric theory: a central sun, above which are the 'heavens' of Mercury and Venus, the earth with its triple motion and lunar satellite, the 'heavens of Mars, Jove and Saturn, followed by the immobile eighth sphere. \u003cbr\u003eThis 'opinione,' says Giuntini, is that previously held by Aristarchus Samius. [...] \u003cbr\u003eThat Giuntini was friendly toward the hypothesis is also implied by the high regard in which he held Copernicus and his early followers. [...] \u003cbr\u003eTo praise both Reinhold and Copernicus, to publish ephemerides based upon the heliocentric interpretation, and to present perhaps the earliest description and diagram of this interpretation to be printed in Italian, is evidence of a friendly interest in the Copernican hypothesis.\" \u003cbr\u003e(Quoted from Grant McColley's \"Francesco Giuntini and the Copernican Hypothesis,\" published in Popular Astronomy, vol. 45, page 70, February 1937.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize 4 1\/4 by 6 1\/2  in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in Italian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEx-libris:  \u003cbr\u003eProfessor, Astronomer, Historian \u0026amp; Bibliophile Owen Gingerich, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA\u003cbr\u003e=======================\u003cbr\u003eFrancesco Giuntini (or Junctinis or Junctinus ) ( 1523 –  1590 ) was an Italian theologian , astronomer and astrologer .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was one of the most famous astrologers of the second half of the sixteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Carmelite and doctor of theology , he spent most of his life in Lyon . \u003cbr\u003eHe wrote a weighty treatise in defense of astrology , containing the Greek text and the Latin translation of the Tetrabiblos of Claudius Ptolemy with his personal commentary, a collection of astrological aphorisms and a synthesis of the theories and techniques of Arab astrologers , illustrated by more than four hundred birth charts .\u003cbr\u003e=========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You \r\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. 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