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Full Description: PEUCER, Kaspar. Elementa Doctrinae de Circulis Coelestibus et Primo Motu. recognita et correcta. Wittenberg: Excudebat Johannes Crato, 1569. Early (4th?) edition. First published in 1551. With numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, including four with working volvelles in facsimile. Volvelles found on pages 91, 94, 149 and 189. Also with eight folding tables. A woodcut device on title-page and woodcut initials. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm). [16], 128, 145-304 pp. Mistakes in pagination, but collates complete. [Together with]: THEODORICUS, Sebastian. Novae Quaestiones Sphaerae, Hoc Est, De Circulis Coelestibus, Et primo mobili: in gratiam studiosae iuventutis scriptae. Wittenberg: [Johannes Crato], 1570. Early (3rd?) edition. First published in 1564. With numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, including four with working volvelles in facsimile. Volvelles found on pages 99, 103, 141 and 193. Also with three folding tables. A woodcut device on title-page and woodcut initials. One full page woodcut plate and two full page charts in the text. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm). [16], 320 pp. With the original blank A8. Two works bound together in a contemporary dated binding of German alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards from 1576 with the initials BPM and a large portrait of a German nobleman (likely Prince Palatine Johann Friedrich II of Saxony) on the front board. The panel stamp on the back board is dated 1573 in the plate with the initials T.R. and bears the arms of Wittenberg and the two towers of the Stadtkirche. With twisted brass clasps and catches intact. All edges dyed red. A bit of worming to boards and throughout the second work. Also in the second work, the upper outer corner of leaf E5 renewed, not affecting text. Overall a very good copy of each work in an attractive binding. Caspar Peucer and Sebastianus Theodoricus were both prominent German scholars and mathematicians based at the University of Wittenberg in the 16th century. Together, they were key figures in the Melanchthonian circle, which promoted the study of mathematics, astronomy, and classical education within a Lutheran framework. Peucer was in fact the son-in-law of Philipp Melanchthon. They were active in the Wittenberg academic scene following the work of Erasmus Reinhold, bridging the gap between classical astronomical models and new calculations. The Wittenberg Interpretation refers to the work of astronomers and mathematicians at the University of Wittenberg in response to the heliocentric model of the Solar System proposed by Nicholas Copernicus, in his 1543 book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. The Wittenberg Interpretation fostered an acceptance of the heliocentric model and had a part in beginning the Scientific Revolution. In 1543, Nicholas Copernicus changed the scientific world by publishing De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. This was the first time that a heliocentric model had seriously been considered, and publicised, and resulted in a slew of opinions on how the universe may work. One such place that these debates existed was the University of Wittenberg which was home to many astronomers, astrologists and mathematicians, such as Erasmus Reinhold, Philip Melanchthon, Caspar Peucer, Georg Rheticus, and Albrecht Hohenzollern. The work of such figures became known as the Wittenberg Interpretation, which historians recognise as important in fostering acceptance for the heliocentric explanation of the universe, and the wider shift of public views over time; and the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Under the patronage of Philipp Melanchthon, who endorsed the teaching of Copernican techniques despite personal reservations about upending geocentric cosmology, Wittenberg scholars integrated elements of the model into Lutheran academic curricula, prioritizing empirical improvements in ephemerides over ontological commitments. Figures like Caspar Peucer further refined these methods.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 4to. pp. [xii] 653, [xxvii]. *4, **2, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Qqq4. (Qqq4 blank). Roman letter, some Italic. Printer's woodcut rabbit on title, grotesque woodcut head-pieces, floriated and grotesque woodcut initials, woodcut tail-pieces, small woodcut table in text, C18th engraved armorial bookplate on verso of title 'Ex Bibliotheca Publica Collegii Divio-Godranii'. Light age yellowing, occasional very light marginal spotting, small hole on title touching just frame of woodcut device, minor waterstain to lower outer blank corner on a few quires, t-p fractionally dusty. A very good, crisp copy in contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, remains of ties, a little soiled. Second edition in French of Peucer's encyclopaedic work on divination; "it seems to have been the most influential of his numerous writings which were concerned with the varied fields of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, natural history, and psychology", (Thorndike VI p. 493). On the whole the work approves of divination in natural circumstances reading dreams, for instance, or the stars, but agrees with the Bible in condemning certain branches of divination related to demons and witchcraft. Peucer's bias is unflinchingly Protestant, denying the possibility of Miracles, and he attributed the successfulness of relics and invocations of saints to demons rather than divinity." After discussing divination in general, he turns to oracles and theomancy, then to magic, which he thus incorrectly implies is a variety of divination, whereas the opposite is true, then to divination from entrails, to augury and aruspicina, to lot-casting under which he puts geomancy and divining from names and numbers and to dreams and their interpretation. Next he considers medical prognostications, meteorology and weather prediction, physiognomy and chiromancy, astrology, and last prodigies and portents" (Thorndike VI p. 495). He is highly suspicious of Alchemy as a purely devilish art on the one hand, but on the other entirely approving of Astrology, which he himself put to practice and considered essential to the study of medicine. Kasper Peucer (1525 1602) was a prominent physician and scholar who studied with Melanchthon (and married his daughter) at the University of Wittenberg where he was appointed in turn professor of philosophy, mathematics, and medicine. His pupil, John Garcaeus, called Peucer the "most celebrated professor of mathematics in this academy". Peucer's religious views were influenced by his close relationship with Melanchthon, which deviated from the local Lutheranism in its Calvinist colourings, and when Melanchthon died in 1560 Peucer became a prominent religious authority. Although he climbed the academic ranks quickly, and gained appointment as physician to Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, his "Crypto-Calvinist" beliefs were his downfall. In 1574, letters discovered by his patron that expressed a desire to convert Augustus to Calvinism led to a twelve year imprisonment in Königstein Fortress. After his release from prison in 1586, he became physician to the duke of Anhalf, where he remained until his death in 1602. Hozeau & Lancaster II 4860. Brunet IV 582 "De tous les ouvrages de ce savant fécond, c'est celui-ci qui a eu le plus de succès." Thorndike VI p. 493-501. Cantamessa III 6066. Caillet 8579. L2851.

Anvers, Hevdrick Connix, 1584. In-4, [12]-653-[23] pp. (*4, **2, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Qqq4; Qq4 est 1 f. bl.), parchemin souple ivoire, dos long, titre manuscrit au dos, traces de liens (liens manquants, restaurations, taches, importantes mouillures sans dommage pour la lecture, taches). Édition originale française peu commune de ce traité des divinations, traduite par Simon Goulard de Senlis. Elle est ornée de la marque de l'imprimeur au titre ainsi que de jolis bandeaux et lettrines gravés sur bois. L'originale a paru en latin en 1553. Kaspar Peucer, savant allemand et gendre de Melanchton, catalogue dans cet ouvrage tous les types de voyance : astrologie, chiromancie, oracles et sibylles de tous genre. Il étudie chacun minutieusement et leur attribue pour la plus grande partie des origines démoniaques. Il admet cependant qu'il existe une certaine sorte de prédictions qui n'est pas dommageable aux chrétiens puisque provenant de Dieu (prophétie). Dans son avis au lecteur, le traducteur précise avoir divisé le livre en plusieurs parties pour le rendre plus facile à manier. Son but est d'aider le lecteur à se tourner vers Dieu et se détourner de Satan en décrivant méthodiquement ces prédictions. Il aborde aussi les superstitions de l'Antiquité, l'astronomie, la médecine, les Écritures Saintes ainsi que la génération des monstres (jumeaux siamois, hermaphrodites.). Cet exemplaire contient un manuscrit d'une page à propos d'Henri de Montfaucon et la magie. Caillet, III, p. 269, 8579; Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica, 1446 : "Traduction française très-rare", Brunet, IV, 582. * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.