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ALBUMASAR (787-886). De magnis coniunctionibus. Edited by Johannes Angelus, translated by Johannes Hispalensis. Augsburg: Erhart Ratdolt, 31 March 1489.
Super-chancery 4° (215 x 160mm). Collation: A-N8 O6 P8 (A1r title, verso blank, A2r text P8r colophon, verso blank). 118 leaves, 40 lines. Types: 9:130G; 8:90G; 4:76G. 286 woodcuts, some repeated, ornamental initials. (Old paper strip pasted over part of outer margin of title recto and verso of final leaf, outer upper corner of final leaf excised and repaired, lightly spotted.) Modern half vellum (sides with a few spots).
FIRST EDITION. Albumasar was the leading astrologer of his day. In this work he presents his thesis of creation based on the alignment of the seven planets. De magnis coniunctionibus, a translation of Kitab al-qiranat, is divided into eight ‘maqalat’: the appearance of prophets and their laws; the rise and fall of dynasties and kings; the effects of planetary combinations; the effects of each zodiacal sign’s being in the ascendant; the lordships of the planets; transits; each zodiacal sign as ‘muntaha’ and as ascendant of the revolution of the year; and lastly the revolutions of the years and the ‘intiha’at’ (DSB). HC *611; GW 836; BMC II 383; BSB-Ink A-226; Bod-inc A-153; Schreiber 3072; Houzeau & Lancaster 3819; Fairfax Murray German 26; Klebs 39.1; Goff A-360.
Super-chancery 4° (215 x 160mm). Collation: A-N8 O6 P8 (A1r title, verso blank, A2r text P8r colophon, verso blank). 118 leaves, 40 lines. Types: 9:130G; 8:90G; 4:76G. 286 woodcuts, some repeated, ornamental initials. (Old paper strip pasted over part of outer margin of title recto and verso of final leaf, outer upper corner of final leaf excised and repaired, lightly spotted.) Modern half vellum (sides with a few spots).
FIRST EDITION. Albumasar was the leading astrologer of his day. In this work he presents his thesis of creation based on the alignment of the seven planets. De magnis coniunctionibus, a translation of Kitab al-qiranat, is divided into eight ‘maqalat’: the appearance of prophets and their laws; the rise and fall of dynasties and kings; the effects of planetary combinations; the effects of each zodiacal sign’s being in the ascendant; the lordships of the planets; transits; each zodiacal sign as ‘muntaha’ and as ascendant of the revolution of the year; and lastly the revolutions of the years and the ‘intiha’at’ (DSB). HC *611; GW 836; BMC II 383; BSB-Ink A-226; Bod-inc A-153; Schreiber 3072; Houzeau & Lancaster 3819; Fairfax Murray German 26; Klebs 39.1; Goff A-360.
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