A Prognostication everlasting of ryght good effecte

by Leonard Astronomy. Horology. Navigation. Digges, c.1515-c.1559

$45,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

SECOND EXTANT EDITION. “The seconde impression augmented by the author in the yeare 1556.” The earliest surviving edition of this almanac is dated 1555, though in that work Digges refers to an even earlier version from 1553. Bound in modern calf by Bernard Middleton. A fine copy on thick paper with minor defects. The book is illustrated with a woodcut zodiac man hand-colored in this copy on the title, numerous woodcut instruments, diagrams,

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