Cardano | Somniorum Synesiorum, Basel, 1562, limp vellum

Cardano, Girolamo

Somniorum Synesiorum, omnis generis insomnia explicantes, libri IIII. Basel: Henricpetri, (September 1562)

2 parts, 4to (200 x 152mm.), woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on final verso, with blank leaves ε6 and MMm4, δ3-4 in second part misbound, contemporary limp vellum, title lettered across foot of textblock, occasional browning, spine defective, lacking two pairs of ties

FIRST EDITION. Cardano's text "comprises an exhortation to interpret dreams, an account of how dreams are caused, classifications of them, advice on how to interpret them, and a final book giving examples of prophetic dreams. This includes a chapter describing fifty-five of his own dreams" (A. Browne, "Girolamo Cardano's Somnorium synesiorum libri IIII", Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance 41 (1979), 123-135, p.123).

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VD16 C 928