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RUBERTI, Battista de. Osseruazioni de astrologia et altre appartenenze, circa della medicina, & mutazione de tempi. Florence: i figliuoli di Lorenzo Torrentino, & Carlo Pettinari Compagno, 1567.
2 parts, 4° (215 x 150mm). Woodcut architectural title border containing arms of Isabella de' Medici and inset view of Florence, table of star signs on C1r with woodcut border on two sides, 5-line and 12-line opening initials to the two dedications, woodcut of a Roman soldier at end, ornamental tailpieces. With the two blanks. (Title browned at margins, A4 repaired at corner, marginal soiling, some spotting.) Modern calf (lightly rubbed).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, dedicated to Isabella Medici Orsina, duchess of Bracciano. The second part of this rare astrological manual deals with the supposed effect of the sun, moon, star and planetary positions on health. WorldCat erroneously lists a 1561 edition. No sale recorded in ABPC/RBH. Houzeau and Lancaster 5876; Riccardi I(ii) 399; not in BL/STC.
2 parts, 4° (215 x 150mm). Woodcut architectural title border containing arms of Isabella de' Medici and inset view of Florence, table of star signs on C1r with woodcut border on two sides, 5-line and 12-line opening initials to the two dedications, woodcut of a Roman soldier at end, ornamental tailpieces. With the two blanks. (Title browned at margins, A4 repaired at corner, marginal soiling, some spotting.) Modern calf (lightly rubbed).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, dedicated to Isabella Medici Orsina, duchess of Bracciano. The second part of this rare astrological manual deals with the supposed effect of the sun, moon, star and planetary positions on health. WorldCat erroneously lists a 1561 edition. No sale recorded in ABPC/RBH. Houzeau and Lancaster 5876; Riccardi I(ii) 399; not in BL/STC.
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