FINELLA, Filippo (b.1584). De duabus conceptionis, & respirationis figuris, et de connexione inter eas, & figuram coelestem. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press [Jacobi Gassari], 1650. Woodcut device on title, 3 woodcut diagrams. [ Bound with the same author's: ] De naturali phisonomia planetaria. Naples: Domenico Macarano, 1649. Woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] Speculum astronomicum, tripartitum, medicis necessarium, agriculturae & nauigationi valdè proficuum. Naples: typis Jacobi Gassari. 1649. Numerical tables and astrological diagrams, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] De revolutionibus annorum. Antwerp: typis Jacobi Gassari, 1650. Numerical tables and astronomical diagrams.
FINELLA, Filippo (b.1584). De duabus conceptionis, & respirationis figuris, et de connexione inter eas, & figuram coelestem. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press [Jacobi Gassari], 1650. Woodcut device on title, 3 woodcut diagrams. [ Bound with the same author's: ] De naturali phisonomia planetaria. Naples: Domenico Macarano, 1649. Woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] Speculum astronomicum, tripartitum, medicis necessarium, agriculturae & nauigationi valdè proficuum. Naples: typis Jacobi Gassari. 1649. Numerical tables and astrological diagrams, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] De revolutionibus annorum. Antwerp: typis Jacobi Gassari, 1650. Numerical tables and astronomical diagrams. 4 works in one volume, 4° (205 x 147mm). (Some browning to sections of second work, a few leaves torn at margins not affecting text, occasional worming, minor spotting throughout) Contemporary vellum with manuscript title along spine and faded inscription to lower cover (chipped at head and foot of spine, lightly soiled). Provenance : contemporary marginal annotations -- Nicolo Rypdo -- Marino Pirozzi (signatures on title page). FIRST EDITIONS OF FOUR WORKS BY FINELLA ON PHYSIOGNOMY, PALMISTRY, AND ASTROLOGY. An Italian-born scientist and playwright with an interest in alchemy and the relationships between human and celestial bodies, Finella is primarily known for his work on physiognomy in De Naturali phisonomia planetaria. ALL FIRST EDITIONS Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani vol. 48 (1997); Riccardi I(i) 459.4, 459.2, and 459.3.
FINELLA, Filippo (b.1584). De duabus conceptionis, & respirationis figuris, et de connexione inter eas, & figuram coelestem. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press [Jacobi Gassari], 1650. Woodcut device on title, 3 woodcut diagrams. [ Bound with the same author's: ] De naturali phisonomia planetaria. Naples: Domenico Macarano, 1649. Woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] Speculum astronomicum, tripartitum, medicis necessarium, agriculturae & nauigationi valdè proficuum. Naples: typis Jacobi Gassari. 1649. Numerical tables and astrological diagrams, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] De revolutionibus annorum. Antwerp: typis Jacobi Gassari, 1650. Numerical tables and astronomical diagrams.
FINELLA, Filippo (b.1584). De duabus conceptionis, & respirationis figuris, et de connexione inter eas, & figuram coelestem. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press [Jacobi Gassari], 1650. Woodcut device on title, 3 woodcut diagrams. [ Bound with the same author's: ] De naturali phisonomia planetaria. Naples: Domenico Macarano, 1649. Woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] Speculum astronomicum, tripartitum, medicis necessarium, agriculturae & nauigationi valdè proficuum. Naples: typis Jacobi Gassari. 1649. Numerical tables and astrological diagrams, woodcut tailpieces. [ and :] De revolutionibus annorum. Antwerp: typis Jacobi Gassari, 1650. Numerical tables and astronomical diagrams. 4 works in one volume, 4° (205 x 147mm). (Some browning to sections of second work, a few leaves torn at margins not affecting text, occasional worming, minor spotting throughout) Contemporary vellum with manuscript title along spine and faded inscription to lower cover (chipped at head and foot of spine, lightly soiled). Provenance : contemporary marginal annotations -- Nicolo Rypdo -- Marino Pirozzi (signatures on title page). FIRST EDITIONS OF FOUR WORKS BY FINELLA ON PHYSIOGNOMY, PALMISTRY, AND ASTROLOGY. An Italian-born scientist and playwright with an interest in alchemy and the relationships between human and celestial bodies, Finella is primarily known for his work on physiognomy in De Naturali phisonomia planetaria. ALL FIRST EDITIONS Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani vol. 48 (1997); Riccardi I(i) 459.4, 459.2, and 459.3.
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