[Rarebooks] FS: Censorinus' tractates on human origins, astronomy, etc. Leyden: 1642

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Censorinus. DE DIE NATALI Henric. Lindenbrogius Recensuit; et Notis. Iterata 
Hoc Editione Passim Adauctis, Illustravit. Leyden: Ex Officina Joannis Maire. 
1642. Sm. 8vo. (16),250,(38)pp. Text mostly in Latin with some Greek. Woodcut 
printer’s device on title page. Illus. with 8 text woodcuts and a folding 
diagram (showing the earth at the center of the solar system). Cont. vellum, minor 
worming at inner hinges.     $400.00 (trade discount allowed)
Most of Censorius’ work is based on the Roman scholar Varro and was written 
in 238. The first part deals with the origins of human life, the second part 
with divisions of the calendar. There are also tractates on various aspects of 
mathematics, music astronomy and Roman metrics. Houzeau-Lancaster I. 1046; 
Caillet 2135; Gardner. Astrologica, 734.

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