OCELLUS

THE LUCANIAN PHILOSOPHER
On the Nature of the Universe. original: "ΩΚΕΛΛΟΣ Ο ΛΕΥΚΑΝΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ Περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως"

O C E L L U S

L U C A N I A N P H I L O S O P H E R
On the Nature of the Universe. original: "De Vniuerſi Natura"

Stamp: NATIONAL LIBRARY ROME VICTOR EMMANUEL The National Central Library of Rome, named after the first king of a united Italy.

He translated the text from Greek into Latin, and having compared many
copies, including manuscripts, he amended it,

And illustrated it with a Paraphrase and Commentary

C A R L O E M A N U E L E V I Z Z A N I

OF BOLOGNA. original: "BONONIENSIS"

T H E P H Y S I C A L P A R T.

To the Most Eminent and Reverend Prince
F R A N C E S C O B A R B E R I N I
Cardinal Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church. original: "S. R. E. Card." refers to Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem. Francesco Barberini (1597–1679) was a powerful patron of the arts and nephew to Pope Urban VIII.

Handwritten: Secret Library from the legacy original: "Bibl. secr. ex leg." likely indicating the book was part of a private or restricted collection bequeathed to an institution.

A woodcut printer's device or emblem featuring the head of a winged cherub.

Handwritten: Roman College of the Society of Jesus. original: "Coll. Rom. S. I." refers to the Collegium Romanum of the Jesuits. Cardinal Pallavicino. Likely referring to Cardinal Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino, a noted Jesuit historian.

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Bologna, from the Ferronian Press. By permission of the superiors. original: "Superiorum permiſſu" indicates the book passed ecclesiastical censorship.
In the Year of Human Redemption 1646.