Palingenius, Marcellus

Palingenius, Marcellus. ZODIACUS VITAE, Hoc Est. De Hominis Vita Studio, ac Moribus Optime Instituendis, Libri XII… Paris: Hieronymum de Marnef & Viduam Gulielmi Cavellat 1580. 16mo. 366,(78)pp. Index. Woodcut device on title. Cont. full red morocco, gilt spines & borders. A.e.g. On the lower portion of the title and the final 2 leaves of index is an old oval blind stamp of the “Theological School of Connecticut,” lightly impressed. Small paper label on spine. The colophon states that this edition was printed by Carolus Rogerius. This extremely popular work in the 16th and 17th centuries was written by Pietro Angelo Manzolli who used the pseudonym Palingenius.