Abū Maʻšar, Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad approximately 786-886 author. Sessa, Giovanni Battista active 1489-1505 printer. text text Armorial bookplates (Provenance) it Venetiis] [Impressum per Jo. Baptistam Sessa] [1500?] 1500 monographic lat

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No Known Copyright Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Astrology Astrology Early works to 1500 Astrology, Arab Early works to 1500 Incunabula Specimens BF1714.A6 A28 1500 http://www.ials.sas.ac.uk/warburg/fah820.pdf A-358 37.3 839 28 14306167 aacr NLM 840915 20130911080457.0 ocm14306167 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng