Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri & emendati, ex Scythicis oris ad nos nuper allati. Marci Manilii Astronomicorum libri quinque. Arati Phaenomena Germanico Caesare interprete cum commentariis & imaginibus. Arati eiusdem Phaenomenon fragmentum Marco T.C. interprete. Arati eiusdem Phaenomena Ruffo Festo Auienio paraphraste. Arati Phaenomena graece. Theonis Commentaria copiosissima in Arati Phaenomena graece. Procli Diadochi Sphaera graece. Procli eiusdem Sphaera, Thoma Linacro Britanno interprete
This 1503 compilation gathers ancient Greek and Latin astronomy and astrology texts by Firmicus Maternus, Manilius, Aratus, Theon and Proclus, printed in Reggio Emilia and Venice for scholars of the heavens. Its pictures are woodcut diagrams of the sky: square charts divided into triangles and star-sign symbols, plus a circular zodiac of figures, which a designer could borrow for geometric, celestial or astrological motifs.





















