1607 ASTROLOGY by CHRISTOPH PEZEL antique ILLUSTRATED 17th CENTURY rare

CHRISTOPH PEZEL

Praecepta genethliaca, sive de prognosticandis hominum nativitatibus commentarius eruditissimus, in quo non solum Astrologiae praecepta.


(Genethliacal Precepts)

 Frankfurt; 1607

4 lvs, 227 pp.

With engraved titlepiece and some astrological woodcuts in the text.

- VD17 12:287237B. Houzeau-L. 5033. Zinner 4154. Wellcome I, 4942. -

Rare first edition. 

 The only astrological work by the well-known Reformed theologian.

He was the "founder of the Reformed confession in Nassau and Bremen" (ADB XXV, 575). -

Bound with:

Camerarius, J.R

Horarum natalium centuria una, sive narratio historica, variorum in vita casuum, mirabilum in fortunis et honoribus

Frankfurt; 1607

124 pp.

With numerous astrological woodcuts in the text.

- VD17 23:287241N. Houzeau-L. I, 5047. Zinner 4129. Lalande 147. Wellcome I, 1230-

 Rare first edition.

Contains short horoscopes and biographies of princes, scholars, but also numerous bourgeois individuals of his time, including many women; some names are given only by their initials.


Late leather binding, spine with raised bands , with title and date in gilt, period manuscript title at the fore edge.

 Some toning, first title page with period manuscript ownership entry, some wormholes at the beginning

size: 6 by 8 inches

Text in Latin
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