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Rod. Goclenii, med. D. et mathem. professoris ordin. in Acad. Marpurgensi, Acroteleution astrologicum, triplex hominum genus circa divinationem ex astris in scenam producens, falsam[que] astrologiam à vera, rationibus, exemplis & experimentis distinguens, contra novas criminationes. : Annexus quo[que] est tractatus integer correctior quàm fuitante Cypriani Leovitii, mathematici excellentiss. De conjunctionibus magnis, eclipsibus solaribus & cometis, cum eorundem effectuum historica expositione, ob exemplarium raritatem rerum[que] & historiarum memorabilium excellentiam hoc loco dignissimus

Goclenius, Rudolph, 1572-1621 · 1618 · Marpurgi [Marburg] : Apud Paulum Egenolphum · 6 pictures

A 1618 astrology treatise by Rudolph Goclenius, a Marburg professor of medicine and mathematics, printed at Marburg by Paul Egenolph for scholars and readers interested in divination from the stars. Its pictures are small woodcuts: a ring diagram of lunar mansions numbered around a circle, a decorative woodcut initial N, a zodiac wheel labelled with signs, and an ornamental cartouche with a winged face, all in plain black line on cream paper, offering a designer clear models for circular diagrams and compact woodcut ornament.

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