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CARDANO, Jerome. Metoposcopia libris tredecim. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658 In-folio. 330 x 220 mm. Coeval bindings in bazzana, triple gold thread frame on the plates, double threading on the hinge, gilt friezes and title on the spine, gold cuts, marbled guard sheets. Pages [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 blank. Typographic mark to title page, Ornate initials, Woodcut headpieces and friezes, about 800 woodcut figures in the text including three full-page ones. Roman and Greek typeface. Slight traces of use to binding, sporadic light foxing, nice copy. First posthumous, richly figured edition, 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 are thus in correspondence with the characteristics of each planet, as defined by astrology.The treatise then offers a gallery of faces on which different combinations of lines have been drawn with their interpretations, so as to offer a wide range of case histories to support empirical observation. Included as an appendix in this edition is the treatise on moles and birthmarks of the skin attributed to Melampus, a third-century B.C. author, translated by the editor, with the original Greek text. In-folio. 330x220mm. Contemporary roan binding, gilt triple fillet frame on the covers, double fillet on the squares, ornaments and gilt title on the spines, 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 as 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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CARDANO, Jerome. Metoposcopia libris tredecim. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1658 In-folio. 330 x 220 mm. Coeval bindings in bazzana, triple gold thread frame on the plates, double threading on the hinge, gilt friezes and title on the spine, gold cuts, marbled guard sheets. Pages [8], VIII, 225, [2], 1 blank. Typographic mark to title page, Ornate initials, Woodcut headpieces and friezes, about 800 woodcut figures in the text including three full-page ones. Roman and Greek typeface. Slight traces of use to binding, sporadic light foxing, nice copy. First posthumous, richly figured edition, 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 are thus in correspondence with the characteristics of each planet, as defined by astrology.The treatise then offers a gallery of faces on which different combinations of lines have been drawn with their interpretations, so as to offer a wide range of case histories to support empirical observation. Included as an appendix in this edition is the treatise on moles and birthmarks of the skin attributed to Melampus, a third-century B.C. author, translated by the editor, with the original Greek text. In-folio. 330x220mm. Contemporary roan binding, gilt triple fillet frame on the covers, double fillet on the squares, ornaments and gilt title on the spines, 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 as 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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