Opvs mathematicvm octo libros complectens

innvmeris propemodvm figvris idealibvs manvvm et physiognomiae, aliisqve adornatvm, qvorvm sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent : septimus physiognomiae dispositionem, hominumque omnium qualitates & complexiones : octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur : remedia quoq; omnium aegritudinum complectitur : et naturalem astrologiam atq; effectus lunae quoad diuersas aegritudines : item isagogen astrologiae iudiciariae, & totius diuinatricis artis encomia

by Jean Taisnier

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16th century
Language: Latin
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[12], 624, [8] p. (the last 2 blank) : 33 cm. (fol.) Book 8 contains excerpts from Joannes ab Indagine, Hermes Trismegistus, Luca Gaurico, Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra Woodcut printer's device on t.p. (Sacrifice of Isaac). Port. of author on t.p. verso with date 1562, repeated on kk3v. Numerous labeled diagrams of hands in first 6 books, as well as allegorical representations of the planets. Book 7 has cuts of facial types, book 8 of horoscopes (with 2 re-occurrences of the cuts of the planets) Signatures: *⁶ A-Zz⁴, ²AA-ZZ⁴, ³aa-kk⁴

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innvmeris propemodvm figvris idealibvs manvvm et physiognomiae, aliisqve adornatvm, qvorvm sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent : septimus physiognomiae dispositionem, hominumque omnium qualitates & complexiones : octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur : remedia quoq; omnium aegritudinum complectitur : et naturalem astrologiam atq; effectus lunae quoad diuersas aegritudines : item isagogen astrologiae iudiciariae, & totius diuinatricis artis encomia Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan	1562-01-01T00:00:00Z	Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Birckmannum & Wernerum Richwinum	Latin	—	Public digitized item	Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)