MIZAULD, Antoine (ca. 1510-1578). Phaenomena. Paris: Regnault and Claude Chaudiere, 1546.

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MIZAULD, Antoine (ca. 1510-1578). Phaenomena. Paris: Regnault and Claude Chaudiere, 1546.

8o (166 x 102 mm). Collation: a-k8. 80 leaves, foliated, title-page and margins hand-ruled in red throughout. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut cribl initials. 16th-century gilt-panelled French calf, edges gilt (a few small repairs, minor wear).

FIRST EDITION of this treatise on weather prediction by the French astrologer-physician Mizauld. He is best known for his treatises on astrological medicine and association with Oronce Fin. BM/STC French p. 315; Thorndike V, pp. 299-301 and VI, pp. 127-28; Norman 1527.