John Dee on Astronomy. Propadeumata Aphoristica (1558 & 1568) Latin and English; (With an introductory essay on Dee's mathematics and physics and his place in the scientific revolution)
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 264 pp. Blue cloth with silver titling to spine, notes, bibliography and index. b&w illustrations, charts. An important study and translation from the Latin of Dee's "Propadeumata Aphoristica" an astronomical/scientific work with strong astrological and other Hermetic elements. This edition includes a lengthy Introduction by J. L. Heilbron, and the full Latin text of the 1568 edition, with facing translation and notes by Wayne Shumaker. Page edges slightly darkened & dusty, otherwise a tight clean near Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly chafed at lower edge of rear panel, a few very light marks from handling, not clipped. Dust jacket is now protected by a removable mylar sleeve). Item #64016
ISBN: 0520033760
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