The compost, of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated out of Frenche in to Englysshe. For euery person, that wolde haue knowledge of the compost.

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[1540?]]
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Compost et kalendrier des bergiers. Selections. English. n 81034957

Publication/Creation

[[London] : Imprinted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge at the sygne of seynt Iohn̄ Euangelyst, in seynt Martyns parysshe, in the Duke of Suffolkes rentes besyde Charynge Crosse, [1540?]]

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144 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts).

Notes

A translation of selections from "Le compost et kalendrier des bergiers", chiefly drawn from the "Tetrabiblos" of Ptolemy.
Printer's name and address from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC.
Signatures: A⁴ b⁴ C-S⁴.
In this edition the first line of the title ends "COM".
Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

References note

STC (2nd ed.) 20480a.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 140:13) s1999 miun s

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