"Marcus MANILIUS / Michael FAYUS - M Manilii.... Lot 157

"Marcus MANILIUS / Michael FAYUS - M Manilii. Astronomicon. Interpretatione et Notis ac Figuris Illustauit Michael Fayus Apud Fredericum Leonard, Paris, 1679 - A splendid copy of this important text on ancient astronomy, first published in 1579. Illustrated with an attractive engraved title-frontispiece and 42 engraved diagram figures. Beautifully bound in full red morocco with the coat of arms of François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois, one of Louis XIV's principal ministers of state. Sextuple frames of gilded fillets and decorated "à la Du Seuil" on the boards. Richly decorated 5-rib spine, red morocco title-piece, gilded edges, gilded laces at the edges and back covers, gilded edges. Excellent condition, slight rubbing. A famous work of classical antiquity, with notes by P.D.Huet and Scaliger, the Astronomics of Manilius, a Latin poet and astrologer of the early first century, is a didactic poem on astronomy and astrology based on a description of the heavens, the zodiac, the horoscope according to observation of the heavens, analysis of the peoples of the earth according to astral influence and the influence of the planets according to their positions. He was also the first author to endorse the concept of the "House". In-4, (32) 448pp, 88pp (72) Brunet III, 1369 Provenance: Prestigious collection of Hans Furstenberg with his fine bookplate "Ex Musaeo". Other Provenance: Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk with his bookplate"".