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Divination. CARDANO. Metoposcopia libris tredecim.
Divination. CARDANO. Metoposcopia libris tredecim.
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CARDANO, Girolamo. Metoposcopia libris tredecim. Parigi, Thomas Jolly, 1658In-folio. 330 x 220 mm. Legatura coeva in bazzana, cornice di triplo filetto in oro sui piatti, doppia filettatura sull’unghiatura, fregi e titolo dorato al dorso, tagli oro, fogli di guardia marmorizzati. Pagine [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 bianca. Marca tipografica al frontespizio, Iniziali ornate, Testatine e fregi xilografici, circa 800 figure xilografiche nel testo di cui tre a piena pagina. Carattere Romano e Greco. Lievi tracce d’uso alla legatura, sporadico leggero foxing, bell’esemplare. Prima edizione postuma, riccamente figurata, a cura di Claude-Martin de Laurendiere. Garrison-Morton: “Cardan, the most celebrated physician of Europe in his time, and professor of medicine at Padua clained to be able to draw horoscopes from the appearance of the face”. La metoposcopia è l’arte della divinazione attraverso lo studio della fronte. Le linee presenti in una determinata zona sono dunque in corrispondenza con le caratteristiche di ciascun pianeta, così come sono definite dall’astrologia: il trattato propone poi una galleria di volti sui quali sono state tracciate diverse combinazioni di linee con le relative interpretazioni, in modo da offrire un’ampia casistica a supporto dell’osservazione empirica. In quest’edizione è incluso in appendice il trattato sui nei e sulle voglie della pelle attribuito a Melampus, autore del III secolo a.C., tradotto dal curatore, col testo originale greco.
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In-folio. 330x220mm. Contemporary roan binding, gilt triple fillet frame on the covers, double fillet on the squares, ornaments and gilt title on the spine, gold edges, marbled endpapers. Pages [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 blank. Printer’s device on the title page, decorated Initials, woodcut headpieces and friezes, around 800 woodcut illustrations in the text, three of which full-page. Roman and Greek type. Slight traces of use on the binding, sporadic light foxing, a fine copy.
First posthumous edition, richly illustrated, edited by Claude-Martin de Laurendiere. Garrison-Morton: “Cardan, the most celebrated physician of Europe in his time, and professor of medicine at Padua clained to be able to draw horoscopes from the appearance of the face”. Metoposcopy is the art of divination through the study of the forehead. The lines present in a given area therefore correspond to the characteristics of each planet, as defined by astrology: the treatise then proposes a gallery of faces on which various combinations of lines have been drawn with the relative interpretations, so to offer a wide range of cases in support of the empirical observation. This edition includes in the appendix the treatise on skin moles and birthmarks attributed to Melampus, author of the 3rd century BC, translated by the editor, with the original Greek text.
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