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ARATUS SOLENSIS

Phaenomena et Diosemea Graece et Latine ad codd. mss. et optimarum edd. fidem recensita.
Leizpig
in off. Weidmannia
1793-1801
€140 - €200

2 vol. in-8vo, xxx, 482; xii, 482, (28) pp. With 2 large folding plates with both the hemispheres, at the end of vol.
2. Slightly age-toned. Contemporary half pigskin bindings, blue edges

Phoenomena is a hexameter poem describing the constellations and other celestial phenomena. The ""Diosemeia"" consists of forecasts of the weather from astronomical phenomena, with an account of its effects upon animals.

Provenance:
old library stamp on title-page.
Ref. Dibdin I, 290: ""By far the most complete, critical, and desirable impression of Aratus."" - Schweiger I, 41

Greek Humanism