DE SUPERSTITIONE & VINCULIS DAEMONUM SECUNDUM AEGYPTIORUM ET CHALDAEORUM DOGMATA IUXTA ETIAM TYCHONIS CALENDARIUM ACCURATE EMENDATUM

Book Description

Milan. 1805. Folio. H Vellum and Marbled Boards. Fine.. (Milan) Mediolani sumptibus auctoris typis datum (1805). Folio, later half- vellum and marbled boards. Short split at upper joint but binding strong, text clean and bright. Printed on thick paper with wide, untrimmed margins, strong impressions of the plates. With (xi), 63 pages, copper- engraved pictorial title by Joseph Aloja, engraved frontispiece portrait of Greppi, engraved dedication to Czar Alexander I, charts (some full page) and copper engravings in the text (one full page). The last page is a charming engraving of two putti holding mathematical instruments and a globe circled with signs of the zodiac. Four finely engraved folding plates reproduce the "Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum Profundissimam Rerum Secretis Simarum Contemplationem." with zodiac and iconographic symbols and astrological charts of Pythagorus, Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle and others. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish astronomer who accurately measured the comets, novae and the planets. While he did not accept the concept of the solar system, his accurate measurements would support the Copernican doctrine. The handsome astrological chart reflects the exactitude of his astronomic recordings. This reproduction of his "Magical Calendar" is rare.

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