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ALBUMASAR (787-886). Introductorium in astronomiam. Translated from Arabic by Hermannus Dalmata (fl. c.1140-50). Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 7 February 1489.
Chancery 4° (204 x 148mm). Collation: a-h8 i6 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r text, i6v colophon). 70 leaves. 40-41 lines. Type: 4:76G, 7c:63G, 8:90G, 9:130G. 46 woodcuts of zodiacal signs and a zonal world map, woodcut white-on-black initials. (Lightly spotted.) 19th-century German red morocco, gilt spine (extremities slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Albumasar was the leading astrologer of his day who devoted himself not only to practical prognostications and reading of horoscopes but also to expounding the philosophical and historical justifications of the science. The Introductorium is a Latin translation (with some abridgements) from the Arabic Kitab al-madkhal al-kabir; it opens with the philosophical justification and continues to cover the characteristics of the stars and zodiacal signs, the influence of the planets and their astrological natures, and astrological lots. Transmitted to the West in two Latin translations from the 12th century, it was hugely influential on European philosophy of the later Middle Ages and Renaissance. The earlier and complete translation was made by John of Seville, the later - published here - by Herman of Carinthia. HC *612; GW 840; BMC II, 382 (IA. 6683-4); BSB-Ink. A-230; Klebs 38.1; Schreiber 3075; Stillwell Awakening, 8; Goff A-359.
Chancery 4° (204 x 148mm). Collation: a-h
FIRST EDITION. Albumasar was the leading astrologer of his day who devoted himself not only to practical prognostications and reading of horoscopes but also to expounding the philosophical and historical justifications of the science. The Introductorium is a Latin translation (with some abridgements) from the Arabic Kitab al-madkhal al-kabir; it opens with the philosophical justification and continues to cover the characteristics of the stars and zodiacal signs, the influence of the planets and their astrological natures, and astrological lots. Transmitted to the West in two Latin translations from the 12th century, it was hugely influential on European philosophy of the later Middle Ages and Renaissance. The earlier and complete translation was made by John of Seville, the later - published here - by Herman of Carinthia. HC *612; GW 840; BMC II, 382 (IA. 6683-4); BSB-Ink. A-230; Klebs 38.1; Schreiber 3075; Stillwell Awakening, 8; Goff A-359.
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