Simeoni, Gabriel. Dialogo pio et speculativo, con diverse sentenze latine et volgari. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1560. In 4° (212 x 160 mm);230, [18] pages. Typographic mark to title page, 1 large engraved plate folded several times depicting Alverni's regions,figures, also full-page, in text(small hole to title page, restoration in white part of plate, bloomings). Parchment binding with traces of a manuscript title to the spine. First separate edition. Mortimer 498: "In this dialogue text, Simeoniexplains that the combination of the figures of the gods and goddesses of the planets with signs of the zodiac indicates the position of the planets at the time of his birth."

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