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Ottavio Pisani, Astrologia, seu motus et loca sidereum

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Ottavio Pisani (1575-after 1637)
Astrologia, seu motus et loca siderum, Antwerp, 1613
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, MED G.F 040, pls. on pp. XXX-XXXI

This spectacular book features a large number of hand-coloured moving plates illustrating the structure of the celestial sphere and the movements of the planets. The plates on display show the Earth-Moon system and the sphere of the world with Atlas and Aries.