ASTRONOMICAL

WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENTS,

GREEK AND LATIN

ISAGOGICAL.

Greek Authors:

PROCLUS’ SPHERE.
ARATUS OF SOLI,
Phenomena and Prognostics.
LEONTIUS THE
MECHANIC on the construction
of the Aratean Sphere.

To these three is added a Latin
interpretation, in which
word is expressed by word.

Latins:

ARATEAN PHENOMENA
with the poetic interpretation
of M. T. CICERO,
FESTUS RUFUS AVIENUS,
GERMANICUS CAESAR,
with commentaries by an unknown author.
FRAGMENTS
of the Ancient Poets on Astronomy.
C. JULIUS HYGINUS’
Poeticon Astronomicon.

A work highly useful not only to students of Astronomy,

but also of Poetry.

A printer's mark or emblem featuring a seated nude female figure (possibly Truth or Nature) holding a radiant sun in her right hand and an open book in her left. She sits upon a cubic stone, with her left foot resting on a globe. The figure is enclosed within an oval wreath of fruits and flowers. Greek inscriptions are woven into the wreath: ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ (Truth) at the bottom, and others including ΠΑΝΔΩΡΑ (Pandora) and ΜΑΤΩΡ (Mother).

AT THE SANCTANDREAN PRESS,

Introductory Astronomical Writings of the Ancients

ASTRONOMICAL

WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENTS,

GREEK AND LATIN

ISAGOGICAL.

AT THE SANCTANDREAN PRESS,

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