1583 Jean Taisnier Mathematicum Mathematics PALMISTRY Astrology Occult Sciences

1583 Jean Taisnier Mathematicum Mathematics PALMISTRY Astrology Occult Sciences

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Absolutely incredible contents in Jean Taisnier’s Mathematicum Opus including horoscopes, palm reading, physiognomy, philosophy, astrology, and much more! This work is often considered the most complete 16^th-century work and research on palmistry!

Jean Taisnier (1508 – 1562) was a musician, astrologer, and self-styled mathematician who published a number of works. He is also remembered for his taking part in Charles V’s expedition.

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Main author: Jean Taisnier

Title: Opus mathematicum octo libros complectens : innumeris propemodum figuris idealibus manuum et physiognomiae, aliisque adornatum : quorum sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent. : Septimus physiognomiæ dispositionem, hominʹumque omnium qualitates & complexiones. : Octauus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in vnaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur. : Remedia quoque omnium ægritudinum complectitur. : Et naturalem astrologiam atq[ue] effectus lunæ quoad diuersas ægritudines. : Item isagogen astrologiæ iudiciariæ, & totius diuinatricis artis encomia. : Omnibus matheseos, cheiromantiæ, philosophiæ, & medicinæ studiosis vtiles ac necessarij.

Published: Coloniæ Agrippinæ : Apud Theodorum Baumium sub signo arboris., Anno M.D. LXXXIII. [1583]

Language: Latin

Notes & contents:

• 2^nd edition
  • Based on the same 1^st edition from 1562
• Topics discussed:
  • Horoscope reading
  • Palmistry, fortune telling (first 6 books)
  • Physiognomy (book 7) of Saint Peter, Judas Iscariot, and Saint Paul
    • Illustrated portraits of each
  • Mathematics
  • Astrology and divination (book 8)
• Illustrated with over 2,000 woodcut engraved figures
• Signatures: []⁶ A-4K⁴ (4K⁴ blank; []2 missigned *2).
  • [12], 624, [8] pages : illustrations, portraits

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Wear: wear as seen in photos

Binding: tight and secure vellum binding

Pages: collated and entirely complete with all 624 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such

Publisher: Coloniæ Agrippinæ : Apud Theodorum Baumium sub signo arboris., Anno M.D. LXXXIII. [1583]

Size: ~11.5in X 8in (30cm x 20cm)

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Jean Taisner (or Taisnier) (Latin: Johannes Taisnerius; 1508, Ath, Habsburg Netherlands – 1562, Cologne) was a musician, astrologer, and self-styled mathematician who published a number of works.

A publication of his entitled Opusculum perpetua memoria dignissimum, de natura magnetis et ejus effectibus, Item de motu continuo is considered a piece of plagiarism, as Taisner presents, as though his own, the Epistola de magnete of Peter of Maricourt and a treatise on the fall of bodies by Gianbattista Benedetti. The work describes a magnetic-based perpetual motion machine consisting of a ramp, a magnet stone and an iron ball. Peter of Maricourt had earlier noted such a system which made use of the strength of the magnet stone. This runs into trouble because the path integral of force on a closed loop in a magnetic field is zero (see History of perpetual motion machines).