Cassius, Georg - Prognosticon Astrologicum - 1597
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Georg Cassius’s German first edition of *Prognosticon Astrologicum* was published in 1597 as a bound volume.
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Georg Cassius: Prognosticon Astrologicum, or German Practical for the year according to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s birth AD 1597. According to the creation of the world 5559. From the motions of the planets and eclipses, described with particular diligence, and dedicated to a joyful New Year: To His ... Georg Friderich, Margrave of Brandenburg/ in Prussia/ ... By M. Georgium Caesium Rotenburgensem, pastor at Burgbernheim… Nuremberg, Valentin Fuhrmann 1597. With a large coat-of-arms woodcut on the title. 16 unnumbered leaves. New paper binding. 20 x 16 cm.
Bibliographically unknown variant to VD16 C 177; the present copy is printed more densely and thus has 16 leaves, the VD16 exemplar having 20 leaves. - The author, born in 1543 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, was an evangelical theologian, astronomer, and astrologer; since 1580 he was pastor at the parish church of St. Johannis in Burgbernheim, where he died in 1604. - Title page lower right with minor loss of paper, otherwise a very good and fresh copy!
Georg Cassius: Prognosticon Astrologicum, or German Practical for the year according to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s birth AD 1597. According to the creation of the world 5559. From the motions of the planets and eclipses, described with particular diligence, and dedicated to a joyful New Year: To His ... Georg Friderich, Margrave of Brandenburg/ in Prussia/ ... By M. Georgium Caesium Rotenburgensem, pastor at Burgbernheim… Nuremberg, Valentin Fuhrmann 1597. With a large coat-of-arms woodcut on the title. 16 unnumbered leaves. New paper binding. 20 x 16 cm.
Bibliographically unknown variant to VD16 C 177; the present copy is printed more densely and thus has 16 leaves, the VD16 exemplar having 20 leaves. - The author, born in 1543 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, was an evangelical theologian, astronomer, and astrologer; since 1580 he was pastor at the parish church of St. Johannis in Burgbernheim, where he died in 1604. - Title page lower right with minor loss of paper, otherwise a very good and fresh copy!
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Esotericism
Book title
Prognosticon Astrologicum
Author/ Illustrator
Cassius, Georg
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1597
Height
20 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
16 cm
Language
German
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
32
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