Opus mathematicum octo libros complectens, : innumeris propemodum figuris idealibus manuum et physiognomiae, aliisque adornatum, quorum sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent. Septimus physiognomiae dispositionem, hominʹumque omnium qualitates & complexiones. Octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur. Remedia quoque omnium ægritudinum complectitur. Et naturalem astrologiam atq[ue] effectus lunae quoad diuersas ægritudines. Item isagogen astrologiæ iudiciariae, & totius diuinatricis artis encomia. Omnibus matheseos, cheiromantiae, philosophiae, & medicinæ studiosis vtiles ac necessarij.

Taisnier, Jean, 1508-approximately 1562 · 1583 · Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne] : Apud Theodorum Baumium sub signo arboris. · 45 pictures

Jean Taisnier's 1583 Latin palmistry and astrology compendium, printed in Cologne by Theodor Baum for students of mathematics, medicine and divination. Its pictures are small woodcut-style hand diagrams, each numbered, with lines drawn across the palm, and a designer might take from them the simple schematic line work used to map palm features.

Palmistry · Physiognomy · Astrology · Imprint 1583

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