![ALCHABITIUS [i.e. AL-QABISI, Abu Al-Saqr 'Abd Al-'Aziz Ibn 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali] (fl. c.950). Astronomie iudiciarie principia tractans. Lyons: Guillaume Huyon for Bartholomeus Trot, [c.1520].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12140_0215_000(alchabitius_ie_al-qabisi_abu_al-saqr_abd_al-aziz_ibn_uthman_ibn_ali_as044608).jpg?w=1)
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ALCHABITIUS [i.e. AL-QABISI, Abu Al-Saqr 'Abd Al-'Aziz Ibn 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali] (fl. c.950). Astronomie iudiciarie principia tractans. Lyons: Guillaume Huyon for Bartholomeus Trot, [c.1520].
Small 4° (198 x 138mm). Title printed in red and black, Trot’s device on title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut initials. (Very lightly and evenly browned throughout, a few spots in the margins.) 19th-century marbled wrappers (paper partly torn away on spine, rubbed). Provenance: Michael Chasles (bookplate) – Etienne Récamier (bookplate).
Alchabitius was a famous Arabic astrologer of the tenth century, whose principal work was al-Madkhal ila ?ina'at ahkam al-nujum ('Introduction to the art of astrology'), 'an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy … it was highly valued as a textbook’ (DSB). The present work contains Joannes de Saxonia's commentary on al-Qasbisi's work, as well as the notes of Petrus Turrellus. BM STC French, p.1.
Small 4° (198 x 138mm). Title printed in red and black, Trot’s device on title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut initials. (Very lightly and evenly browned throughout, a few spots in the margins.) 19th-century marbled wrappers (paper partly torn away on spine, rubbed). Provenance: Michael Chasles (bookplate) – Etienne Récamier (bookplate).
Alchabitius was a famous Arabic astrologer of the tenth century, whose principal work was al-Madkhal ila ?ina'at ahkam al-nujum ('Introduction to the art of astrology'), 'an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy … it was highly valued as a textbook’ (DSB). The present work contains Joannes de Saxonia's commentary on al-Qasbisi's work, as well as the notes of Petrus Turrellus. BM STC French, p.1.
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