The Poeticon astronomicon : being the illustrious astronomer's exposition of the lore of the world and the heavenly sphere, together with the stories of the planets and constellations /

The Poeticon astronomicon : being the illustrious astronomer's exposition of the lore of the world and the heavenly sphere, together with the stories of the planets and constellations /

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Author / Creator:Hyginus, C. Julius.
Uniform title:Poetica astronomica. English
Imprint:Greenbrae, Calif. : Allen Press, 1985.
Description:150 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Constellations -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Early works.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8373337
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Other authors / contributors:Livingston, Mark.
Smith, D. Neel.
Notes:Translation, by Mark Livingston, with the assistance of D. Neel Smith, of the work known as: Poetica astronomica.
Although often attributed, as here, to the freedman of Augustus, Gaius Julius Hyginus, the work is by a different, otherwise unidentified Hyginus.
"An edition limited to 140 copies"--P. [5].
Issued in slipcase.

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