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SCHÖNER, Johann. De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres. Nürnberg, J. vom Berg & U. Neuber, 1545 Folio, 300x205 mm. Coeval full leather binding with embossing to plates, title label to spine, gilt to plate renewed. 8 unnumbered papers, including title page, 152 papers, letterpress mark on verso of last paper. Figured initials and several woodcuts in text. Some minor defects, small tear at c. 48, but nice copy. First edition of his major astronomical and astrological work. Schöner, a printer, astronomer and instrument maker from Nuremberg, was an early supporter of Copernicus. Thorndike: "Schöner had been one of those who encouraged Copernicus to publish his magnum opus. Now in the present work, although preferring the method of Ptolemy in astrological judgments to those of subsequent astronomers, Schöner maintained that the Copernican system was not unfavorable to astrology." To Schöner Rheticus had addressed his famous "Narratio Prima" in 1540, published as an open letter. Rosenthal: "[i]t may well have been Schöner who suggested to Rheticus that he should learn the new astronomy, directly from Copernicus." De iudiciis contains a preface by Philipp Melanchton; the three-part work is specifically about astrological "genitures." Thorndike: "He illustrated the method of finding the ascendant at birth by arguing back from the subsequent accidents befalling the person in question by his own geniture, thereby giving some autobiographical information... When fifty-eight on New Year's Day (presumably in 1535) he had a bad fall from a height, of which 'the cause was Saturn retrograde in Leo in the tenth house of my geniture.' In another passage he stated that the presence of three other planets with Mercury in the aerial triplicitas produces preeminent genius and sublimity of science." Dorbon notes that this work is particularly notable for its many figured Initials with heads of characters and with small ironic scenes.Adams S 681; Zinner 1884; Houzeau-L. 14195; Zinner 2901; Roller-G. I, 410; Dorbon 4436; Caillet 9997; Rosenthal 3532; Thorndike V, 367; Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven, p. 176; Danielson, "Achilles Gasser and the Birth of Copernicanism," Journal of the History of Astronomy v. 35.4 (2004), pp. 457-474.Provenance: Title with note of ownership by Johann Merz ("Mertz") von der Vils (from 1646 owner of a mill in Schmidmühlen and later elevated to nobility). Ownership note on son's guard sheet: "Inter suos habet me Paulus Philippus Merz de Vils".For provenance: Josef Popp, Der Hammer zu Schmidmühlen und seine Herren, 2005. Folio, 300x205 mm. contemporary blind tooled leather binding, label with title on the back, gilt on the covers renewed. 8 not numbered leaves, including title page, 152 leaves, printer's device on last leaf. Illustrated initials and woodcuts within text. Slight defects, slight tear on leaf 48, good copy. First edition of his main astronomical and astrological work. Schöner, a printer, astronomer and instrument maker from Nuremberg, was an early supporter of Copernicus.Thorndike: "Schöner had been one of those who encouraged Copernicus to publish his magnum opus. Now in the present work, although preferring the method of Ptolemy in astrological judgments to those of subsequent astronomers, Schöner maintained that the Copernican system was not unfavorable to astrology." To Schöner Rheticus he had addressed his famous "Narratio Prima" in 1540, published as an open letter.Rosenthal: "[i]t may well have been Schöner who suggested to Rheticus that he should learn the new astronomy, directly from Copernicus." De iudiciis contains a preface by Philipp Melanchton; the three-part work is specifically about astrological "genitures." Thorndike: "He illustrated the method of finding the ascendant at birth by arguing back from the subsequent accidents befalling the person in question by his own geniture, thereby giving some autobiographical information. . . . When fifty-eight on New Year's Day (presumably in 1535) he had a bad fall from a height, of which 'the cause was Saturn retrograde in Leo in the tenth house of my geniture.' In another passage he stated that the presence of three other planets with Mercury in the aerial triplicitas produces preeminent genius and sublimity of science." Dorbon notes that this work is particularly notable for the very many initials figured with characters' texts and with small ironic scenes.Provenance: Title with ownership annotation of Johann Merz ("Mertz") von der Vils (from 1646 owner of a mill in Schmidmühlen and later elevated to nobility). Ownership note on endpaper by the son: "Inter suos habet me Paulus Philippus Merz de Vils".

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SCHÖNER, Johann. De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres. Nürnber

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