Introductory Astronomical Writings of the Ancients

No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.

The work 'Astronomica Veterum Scripta Isagogica' (1589), edited by Joseph Justus Scaliger, is a collection of ancient astronomical texts (including works by Proclus, Aratus, and others) translated into or compiled in Latin. Extensive searches across major library catalogs, including the UNESCO Index Translationum, Google Books, and Internet Archive, have yielded no evidence of an English translation of this specific 1589 Latin compilation. While individual works contained within the collection (such as Proclus's astronomical writings) may have been translated from their original Greek into English by various scholars, the specific Latin compilation by Scaliger has not been translated.

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