Albumasar. De magnis coniunctionibus, [edited by Johannes Angelus], collation: A-N8, O6, P8, 118 leaves, typically 40 lines, Gothic type, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 6-line decorative initials, stain to margin of c.50 ff. (fairly extensive on c.20 ff., just touching letters on 3), repair to f3, blind-stamp in the margin of 4 ff., hinges reinforced, ownership inscription "W.B. Thorpe, 11/10/71" on front free endpaper, large library bookplate on front pastedown, 18th century calf, rebacked in later calf, corners badly worn, small sticker on upper cover, near foot of spine, [BMC II 383; Goff A360; Hain 611*], small 4to (209 x 145 mm.), [Augsburg], Erhard Ratdolt [March, 1489]. ⁂ First edition of this scarce work presenting the philosophical and historical justifications for astrology. The text was one of the earliest and most important vehicles for the transmission of Aristotelian concepts to the west. (Richard Lamay Abu Ma'shar and Latin Aristotelianism in the Twelfth Century... , 1962). Albumasar, the most renowned of astologers writing in Arabic, was part of the group of pro-Persian intellectuals who served the Caliph al-Ma'mun (813-833) in Baghdad. The present work is a slightly abridged version of his Kitab al-mudkhal al-kabir ila 'ilm ahkam al-nujjum (Great Introduction to the Science of Astrology), written in about 848-850.
Albumasar. De magnis coniunctionibus, [edited by Johannes Angelus], collation: A-N8, O6, P8, 118 leaves, typically 40 lines, Gothic type, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 6-line decorative initials, stain to margin of c.50 ff. (fairly extensive on c.20 ff., just touching letters on 3), repair to f3, blind-stamp in the margin of 4 ff., hinges reinforced, ownership inscription "W.B. Thorpe, 11/10/71" on front free endpaper, large library bookplate on front pastedown, 18th century calf, rebacked in later calf, corners badly worn, small sticker on upper cover, near foot of spine, [BMC II 383; Goff A360; Hain 611*], small 4to (209 x 145 mm.), [Augsburg], Erhard Ratdolt [March, 1489]. ⁂ First edition of this scarce work presenting the philosophical and historical justifications for astrology. The text was one of the earliest and most important vehicles for the transmission of Aristotelian concepts to the west. (Richard Lamay Abu Ma'shar and Latin Aristotelianism in the Twelfth Century... , 1962). Albumasar, the most renowned of astologers writing in Arabic, was part of the group of pro-Persian intellectuals who served the Caliph al-Ma'mun (813-833) in Baghdad. The present work is a slightly abridged version of his Kitab al-mudkhal al-kabir ila 'ilm ahkam al-nujjum (Great Introduction to the Science of Astrology), written in about 848-850.
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