ALBUMASAR. Flores astrologiae. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 18 November 1488. 4to, 200 x 142mm. (7 7/8 x 5 9/16in.). 20 leaves, with signatures, the last blank. Types: 9:130 (title); 8:90 (headings of some woodcuts); 4:76 (text). 40 lines. Numerous woodcuts of the signs of the zodiacs, the planets, etc.; woodcut initials. Modern calf, covers slightly scratched, some marginal soiling. FIRST EDITION of this short treatise on prognostications by the leading astrologer of the Muslim world. HC 609*; BMC II, 382; GW 837; Goff A-356; Stillwell, The Awakening Interest in Science, 7; Honeyman sale 56.

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ALBUMASAR. Flores astrologiae. Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 18 November 1488. 4to, 200 x 142mm. (7 7/8 x 5 9/16in.). 20 leaves, with signatures, the last blank. Types: 9:130 (title); 8:90 (headings of some woodcuts); 4:76 (text). 40 lines. Numerous woodcuts of the signs of the zodiacs, the planets, etc.; woodcut initials. Modern calf, covers slightly scratched, some marginal soiling. FIRST EDITION of this short treatise on prognostications by the leading astrologer of the Muslim world. HC 609*; BMC II, 382; GW 837; Goff A-356; Stillwell, The Awakening Interest in Science, 7; Honeyman sale 56.

Provenance: Bibliotheca Augustinian of Ingolstadt[?], sixteenth- or seventeenth-century ownership inscription on title-page; Samuel Moon Ecclesine, signature on verso of final blank.