Avienus, Rufus Festus Carmina. Flaviano Myrmeico... Lot n° 895

Natural Sciences - Astrology - Medicine - Geography Avienus, Rufus Festus Carmina. Flaviano Myrmeico v. c. suo salutem. Ed. Victor Pisanus. With 38 woodcuts. Venice, Antonio de Strata, 25. X. 1488. 115 (of 122) nn. Fol. 19.5 x 14 cm. Later flexible vellum binding (a little browned, a little spotted). With 38 woodcuts. First edition copy with wide margins with the first star map in a book printed here as Planisphere. This impressive medical-geographical and astrological compendium edited by Pisanos contains 6 treatises, 3 of which are first editions. The volume contains, among others, the Phaenomena of Aratus, the Latin translation of De situ orbis by Periegetres with the commentary by Germanicus, as well as the Liber Medicinae, an astrological-medical poem by Serenus. In addition to medical treatments, magical formulas such as the abracadabra for the treatment of fever are described there for the first time. - Excluding leaves a1(white)-a3, p1-2, p7-8(white). - Leaf g8 white. - Leaf b1 with corner tear and loss of text. Loose at the beginning, some leaves more browned resp. waterstained, few annotations and old annotations. First edition. - GW 3131 - HC 2224 - BMC V, 294 - Pell 1673 - Wide-margined copy of the first edition with the first star map printed in a book here as Planisphere. This impressive medical-geographical and astrological compendium edited by Pisanos contains 6 treatises of which 3 in first edition. The volume contains among others the Phaenomena of Aratus, the Latin translation of De situ orbis by Periegetres with the commentary by Germanicus, as well as the Liber Medicinae an astrological-medical poem by Serenus. In addition to medical treatments, magical formulas such as the abracadabra for the treatment of fever are described there for the first time- - Excluding leaves a1(white)-a3, p1-2, p7-8(white). - Leaf g8 white. - Leaf b1 with corner tear and loss of text. Loose at the beginning, some leaves more browned or waterstained, few annotations and old annotations. *