(1557). DARIOT (Claude). AD ASTRORUM IUDICIA FACILIS INTRODU - Lot 294

(1557). DARIOT (Claude). AD ASTRORUM IUDICIA FACILIS INTRODUCTIO. Ejusdem Tractatus de Electionibus Principiorum idoneorum rebus... Lyon, Maurice Roy and Louis Pesnot, 1557. In-4° of [6]-120 pages, velin souple (contemporary binding). Uncommon first edition, complete with the 3 volvelles and their loose parts. Claude Dariot (1533-1594), a Beaune-born physicist, set out the general principles of astrology and the rules of solar astrology, with the influence of the planets on daily terrestrial events. His treatise contains innovative approaches for the time: Dariot added to the traditional 4 elements (Water, Air, Fire, Earth), the 3 alchemical principles (Mercury, Sulfur and Salt). According to him, these 3 principles form the basis of all beings! At the time of printing, the book had one sheet with instructions for mounting the scrolls and another with the uncut moving parts; in this copy, the instructions have fortunately been preserved and glued to the bottom of page 11 with the 3 scrolls mounted and effective. Light marginal rings. Ex-libris Harrison D. Horblit (Mortimer no. 165) (Baudrier IV, 308) (USTC 152198).