Palingenio Stellato, Marcello (c. 1500-1543) The Zodiake of Life.

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Palingenio Stellato, Marcello (c. 1500-1543) The Zodiake of Life. London: Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Feter Lane neere Holbourne, 1588. Quarto, third edition of the English translation of Palingenio's Zodiacus Vitae, title printed within typographical ornament border, bound in later speckled calf boards, tooled in gilt, rebacked, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.

This important Renaissance poem was prescribed as a textbook in many schools. Bruno praised it. The mathematician Thomas Digges learned Book XI by heart. Gabriel Harvey approved the translation. Shakespeare may have studied it.

[para]4, A-P8, Q-R4, T3 (lacking final blank T4).
http://estc.bl.uk/S113952
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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