| Record ID | cp011598 |
| Voet reference number | 1307 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1132916 |
| Author | Sextus ab HEMMINGA |
| Title page transcription | ASTROLOGIÆ, ‖ RATIONE ET EXPE- ‖ RIENTIA REFVTATAE ‖ LIBER: ‖ Continens breuem quandam Apodixin de incer- ‖ titudine & vanitate Astrologica, & particula- ‖ rium prædictionum exempla triginta: nunc ‖ primùm in lucem editus contra Astrologos; ‖ Cyprianum Leouitium, ‖ Hieronymum Cardanum; & ‖ Lucam Gauricum. ‖ Auctore ‖ SIXTO AB HEMMINGA FRISIO, ‖ Patritio Bellocomensi. ‖ ⊕ 25 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXXXIII. |
| Collation | 4º [164]: *⁶, A-Z⁴, a-p⁴; pages [1-12], 1-303, [304] (Errors: 198 for 199, 284 for 294) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Exempla geniturarum (italic type; on two columns) [3-12]: Generoso…D. Bernardo baroni a Merode, domino in Rummen, Cappellen, Ramsdoncq, et Frisiae gubernatori…Sixtus ab Hemminga S.D. (italic type, parts in roman type and greek type) [12]: Errata (roman type and italic type) 1-303: Text (parts in italic type and greek type; parts on two columns) [304]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | 41 astrological figures (horoscopes) distributed over the work (printed typographically within rules) |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 339KBR Royal Library of BelgiumBritish Library LondonUNamur- R6A.0310 |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 254 (1583, no. 11) |
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| Note 1 | Collection of horoscopes of 30 personalities of 16th century Europe, including the author, his brother, and some scholars of the Netherlands (Hadrianus Junius, Gemma Frisius), with an introduction (pages 1-27). In his work the author attacks the astrology and its practitioners, especially Cyprianus Leovitius, Hieronymus Cardanus, and Lucas Gauricus, showing with practical examples the errors of their theories. |
| Note 2 | Of the 'Astrologia refut.' 550 copies were printed (Arch. 788). |
| Note 3 | Listed in M 296, folio 1r (Astrologia refutata Sexto ab Heminga, 8º [error for in 4º], Aº 83, f[euilles] 39½, [price:] stuivers 15), and M 164, folio 1v (in 4º), and M 321 (in 4º). |
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