Opvs mathematicvm octo libros complectens : innvmeris propemodvm figvris idealibvs manvvm et physiognomiae, aliisqve adornatvm, qvorvm sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent : septimus physiognomiae dispositionem, hominumque omnium qualitates & complexiones : octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur : remedia quoq; omnium aegritudinum complectitur : et naturalem astrologiam atq; effectus lunae quoad diuersas aegritudines : item isagogen astrologiae iudiciariae, & totius diuinatricis artis encomia ...

Taisnier, Jean, 1508-approximately 1562 · 1562 · Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Birckmannum & Wernerum Richwinum · 38 pictures

Opvs mathematicvm is an 1562 Latin compendium of palmistry, physiognomy and astrology by Jean Taisnier, printed at Cologne by Birckmann and Richwinus for scholars and students of occult learning. Its pictures are small numbered woodcut diagrams of open hands with marked lines, which a designer might use as a plain, schematic vocabulary of palm-reading charts.

Palmistry -- Early works to 1800 · Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800 · Astrology -- Early works to 1800

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library