Ptolemaeus, [Tetrabiblos] De praedictionibus astronomicis, Basel, 1553, marbled calf

Ptolemaeus

Τετραβιβλος συνταξις... Libri quatuor, compositi Syro fratri; De praedictionibus astronomicis, cui titulum fecerunt Quadripartiti, Graece & Latine, libri IIII [translated by Philipp Melanchthon]. (Basel: Johann Oporinus, August 1553)

2 parts in one volume (the Greek text bound first), 8vo (159 x 93mm.), without blank leaf at end of Latin section, eighteenth-century marbled calf, flat spine gilt, blue edges, lacking Melanchthon's preface on a2-a5r (title-page and a5 pasted together), quire μ misbound, first three leaves of Latin section slightly stained, corners bumped, upper joint cracked, head of spine chipped

As often with copies in Catholic ownership, the preface by Melanchthon has been removed and his name has been crossed through on the title-page.

LITERATURE

VD16 P 5249

PROVENANCE

Jesuit college of Antwerp, inscription at head of second title-page