Alchabitius cum comento. Libellus isagogicus Abdilazi [Al-Madkhal]

Al-Qabisi, Abu Al-Saqr Abd al-Aziz Bin Othman Bin Ali (Alchabitius)

Verlag: Impressum per Joannem & Gregorium de Gregoriis, Venice, 1502

Beschreibung

Third Edition with several woodcut illustrations. Early Edition of Alchabitius Al-madkhal ila Sina at Ahkam al-Nujum (Introduction to the Art of Judgments of the Stars). Translated into Latin from the Arabic by Joannes Hispalensis (in 1144) with a commentary by Johannes de Saxonia, edited by Bartholomaeus Alten. This edition with John Saxony s commentary was first published in 1485 and then 1491. Abu al-Saqr Abd al-Aziz Ibn Uthman Ibn Ali al-Qabisi al-Mawsili, generally known as Al-Qabisi, (Latinised as Alchabitius or Alcabitius) died in 967, was an Arab astrologer and mathematician. Although al-Qabisi s education was primarily in geometry and astronomy, his principal surviving treatise, Al-madkhal ila sina at ahkam al-nujum ( Introduction into the Art of Astrology ) in five sections, is on astrology. The book, as the title indicates, is an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy; its present usefulness lies primarily in its quotations from the Sassanian Andarzghar literature and from al-Kindi, the Indians, Ptolemy, Dorotheus of Sidon, Masha allah, Hermes Trismegistus, and Valens. Although completely lacking in originality, it was highly valued as a textbook. (DSB). A scarce work, not seen at auction in over twenty years and scarcely appearing before that. A clean copy with minor stains, bound in full vellum. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1600702024978

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Alchabitius cum comento. Libellus isagogicus...

Verlag: Impressum per Joannem & Gregorium de Gregoriis, Venice

Erscheinungsdatum: 1502

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good