Author: Firmicus Maternus, Julius Short Title: Mathesis (1499) Title: Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri, & emendati, ex Scythicis oris ad nos nuper allati. Marci Manilii astronomicorum libri quinque. Arati Phaenomena Germanico Caesare interprete cum commentariis & imaginibus. Arati eiusdem phaenomenon fragment... Imprint: Venice: [Aldus Manutius, Romanus, June and 17 Oct. 1499] Comments and Notes: This collection of works is sometimes known as the Scriptores astronomici veteres. Text chiefly in Latin with some words and phrases in Greek; the Phaenomena of Aratus with Theon's commentary and the Sphaera of Proclus are in Greek. Some selections are in verse. Edited by Pescennio Francesco Negro. Imprint from Goff. Colophons: (v. 1, leaf 2k8 recto) Venetiis in aedibus Aldi Romani mense Iunio. M.ID.; (v. 2, leaf T8 recto) Venetiis cura, & diligentia Aldi Ro. Mense Octob. M.ID. Cui concessum est ab Ill. S.V. ne hos quoq[ue] libros alii cuiquam impune formis excudere liceat. Leaves printed on both sides; 39 lines of Latin, 40-41 lines of Greek per page. Signatures: (vol. 1) *6 a-g10 h12 2a-2h10 2i-2k8; (vol. 2) A-D10 E12 F6 G-M10 N6 2N10 O-S10 T8. Leaves E7 and K10 are blank. Guide-letters. Bookplate: Burndy Library … gift of Bern Dibner. Bookplate: James Elwin Millard, D.D. Ms. notes on front free endpaper; some ms. annotations in text. Bound in modern brown morocco leather; raised bands; gilt-stamped spine; all edges gilt; signed: Bound by Riviere & Son. The confusion in the dates arises from the book itself; cf. BMC V 560. Smithsonian Call Number: QB41 .F52 1499 ISTC Goff Hain-Copinger GW Proctor Polain UKBYIF00191000-B F-0191   0 0 0