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001 85212970
003 DLC
005 20090630150211.0
008 851004s1985 caua 000 0 eng
010 $a 85212970
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hlat
050 00 $aQB11$b.H9413 1482
100 1 $aHyginus, C. Julius.
240 10 $aPoetica astronomica.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe Poeticon astronomicon :$bbeing the illustrious astronomer's exposition of the lore of the world and the heavenly sphere, together with the stories of the planets and constellations /$cGaius Julius Hyginus ; now for the first time rendered complete into English, and reproducing all the original woodcut illustrations from the first illustrated edition printed by Erhard Ratdolt in Venice, 1482.
260 $aGreenbrae, Calif. :$bAllen Press,$c1985.
300 $a150 p. :$bill. ;$c31 cm.
500 $aTranslation, by Mark Livingston, with the assistance of D. Neel Smith, of the work known as: Poetica astronomica.
500 $aAlthough often attributed, as here, to the freedman of Augustus, Gaius Julius Hyginus, the work is by a different, otherwise unidentified Hyginus.
500 $a"An edition limited to 140 copies"--P. [5].
650 0 $aAstronomy$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aLivingston, Mark.