Cardano, Somniorum Synesiorum, Basel, 1585, later vellum

Girolamo Cardano

Somniorum Synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes libri IIII. Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, (September 1585)

4to (205 x 156mm.), woodcut initials, with blank leaf at end of preliminaries, woodcut printer's device on final verso, seventeenth-century vellum, tan morocco lettering-piece, upper corner of title-page repaired, some leaves browned

First published in 1562, Cardano's book on dreams "comprises an exhortation to interpret dreams, an account of how dreams are caused, classifications of them, advice on how to interpret them, and a final book giving examples of prophetic dreams. This includes a chapter described fifty-five of his own dreams" (A. Browne, "Girolamo Cardano's Somnorium synesiorum libri IIII", Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance 41 (1979), 123-135, p.123).

LITERATURE

VD16 C 929