Garcaeus, J. Tractatus brevis et utilis, de erigendis figuris coeli, verificationibus, revolutionibus & directonibus. Wittenberg, J. Schwertel, 1573. (16,5:10,5 cm). Mit Holzschnitt-Titelvignette, 2 gefalt. Tabellen u. zahlr. gest. Diagrammen im Text. 104 nn. Bll. Späterer Hprgt., berieben u. beschabt, gering angestaubt.

 VD 16, G 463; Zinner 2623; Poggendorff I, 843. - Zweite Ausgabe, zuerst erschienen 1556. Sehr selten. "The work on erecting figures or schemes is... essantially astrological, although involving the determination of an accurate astronomical basis for... judgments and predictions... There is much discussion how to determine the exact moment of birth... As an example of a nativity, it is stated that the elector and duke of Saxony was born July 30, 1526, at 5.38 A.M." (Thorndike VI, 103). - Leicht gebräunt, vereinzelt braunfleckig.

Second edition, first published in 1556. - Very Rare. The last copy of any edition was sold at a German auction in 1985. - Slight browning, staining in places.