Aratus of Solis (circa 315-240 BCE)

Syntagma Arateorum: Opus Poetica et Astronomia. Leiden: Christopher Raphelengius for Plantin, 1600.First edition, edited by the young Hugo Grotius (1583-1645); illustrated with forty-three full-paged engravings and one folding engraving of constellations by Jacob de Gheyn; bound in full antique red morocco, with gilt decoration on boards and lettering on spine, aeg, marbled endleaves (corners bumped with some damage, headcap chipped); the Hoe copy, with his gilt-tooled morocco book label pasted inside the front board, 9 x 6 in.Adams A-1519; Lalande page 135.Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.