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Opvs mathematicvm octo libros complectens ..

qvorvm sex priores libri ... cheiromantiae theoricam ... continent: Septimus physiognomiae dispositionem ... Octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur. Remedia quoque omnium aegritudinum complectitur. Et naturalem astrologiam atq[ue] effectus lunae quoad diuersas aegritudines ...

by Jean Taisnier

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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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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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

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  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Palmistry” and “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Palmistry” in the subject metadata and “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Palmistry”· via Internet Archive
    • “Physiognomy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Palmistry”· via Open Library
    • “Physiognomy”· via Open Library
    • “Palmistry”· in subject
    • “Physiognomy”· in subject

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qvorvm sex priores libri ... cheiromantiae theoricam ... continent: Septimus physiognomiae dispositionem ... Octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur. Remedia quoque omnium aegritudinum complectitur. Et naturalem astrologiam atq[ue] effectus lunae quoad diuersas aegritudines ...

Open Library record

1583Apud Theodorum BaumiumLatin—No ebook

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 ...

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1562Apud Ioannem Birckmannum & Wernerum Richwinum; Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Birckmannum & Wernerum RichwinumLatin—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL11537984W
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