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C. Iulii Hygini, Augusti Liberti, Fabularum Liber, Ad Omnium Poetarum Lectionem Mire Necessarius, & nunc denuò excusus. Eiusdem Poeticon Astronomicon, Libri quatuor. by Jacobus Micyllus - 1570
This edition of Poeticon Astronomicon was originally printed in 1535. It is a collection of stories that tell the mythology of the constellations. Other earlier editions appeared around 1480 and represent the earliest printed representaions of the constellations. The figures of the constellations show stars that do not represent the actual placement that we see in the sky.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Constellations pp. 78 and 79
Constellations pp. 80 and 81
Constellations pp. 82 and 83
Constellations pp. 84 and 85
Constellations pp. 86 and 87
Constellations pp. 88 and 89
Constellations pp. 90 and 91