
Description
Almanac o Vero Efemeridi de Pianeti dal 1588. sino al 1606.
Rome: Nelle casa del Popolo Romano, appresso Georgio Ferrari, 1588.
First edition
woodcut printer's device to title page;
numerous woodcut diagrams
bound in original full limp vellum, period notes on fly leaves crossed out; manuscript title to the spine,
double-headed eagle tooled in black (tarnished silver?) within a shield crowned with a helmet from a suit of armor on both covers (endbands renewed, slips looped back through covers)
Lacks ties, bookblock is partially detached
-Houzeau & Lancaster 14914; not in NUC-
rare at auction;
Cagnati's only work of astronomy.
Based on efemeridi of Giovanni Antonio Magini, astronomer and mathematician at Bologne
Size 6.5 by 9 in.
Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.
Text in Latin
Marsilio Cagnati ( Verona , 1543 – Rome , July 1612 ) was an Italian philosopher and physician .
Reserve: $950.00
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1588 ASTRONOMY & ASTROLOGY Almanac o Vero Efemeridi de Pianeti antique RARE
Estimate $1,100-$1,500
Starting Price
$460
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
Feb 12, 2026 9:00 AM ESTNew York, NY, United States
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