First published 1484

Tetrabiblos

by Ptolemy

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Greek text of the opening chapter of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos with a decorated initial, Nuremberg, 1535
The opening chapter in the first Greek edition of the Tetrabiblos, Nuremberg, 1535.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Printed page with red rubrics and a decorated initial from the 1484 Venice Latin edition of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
Page from the Latin Tetrabiblos printed by Erhard Ratdolt in Venice in 1484, in Plato of Tivoli's translation.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain