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[DUNNINGER, Joseph (1892-1975), association]. JUNCTINUS, Franciscus (1523 (?)-1590). Speculum Astrologiae quod attinet ad judiciariam rationem nativitatum atque annuarum revolutionum. [Bound with:] Tabulae reso-lutae astronomicae de supputandis siderum mofibus, secundum observationes Nicolai Copernici, Brutenicaeque tabulae ad longitudinem civitatis Florentiae… [Lyon: Petrus Roussin, 1573]. 4to. [2-6], 1-320; [116] fols. Printed in two columns. Approximately 9 5/8 x 1 ¼”. Bound to style in modern plain black morocco, spine with four raised bands, modern endleaves (some rubbing to binding, some occasional wear to text, first present leaf (fol. 2 in the first part) chipped at top margin with no loss of text), occasional ink notes throughout, ink mathematical notes in an unknown hand on the verso of fol. 116 in the second part. Lacking title-page (date for first part taken from fol. 6, which also has the author’s woodcut portrait on the verso). FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE AND COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK ON ASTROLOGY. Junctinus based his work on Copernicus’ Heliocentric view of the Cosmos. “His work is of the highest importance, as it contains the whole theory and practice of the Art, elaborated with the most perfect precision; the foundation of it is taken from a Greek work, by Claudius Ptolemy, one of the last of the grand succession of Initiates who espoused the Alexandrian School of Philosophy. The original manuscript enunciated the Hermetic traditions of Egyptian Oriental Magic, while our Author’s commentary contains the result of his life-long researches among the profundities of Chaldaic Astrology, Jewish Cabbalism, and Arabian Theurgy” (Gardner II, S. 60). The Joseph Dunninger copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good. Wellcome I, 3517. Houzeau-Lancaster 4917.