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Troilo Lancetta (under the pseudonym Lootri Nacattel) publishes here a section from Cesare Cremonini's commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology ('Contro gli astrologhi giudiciari', p. 131-364).

4°. [*]2, A-N8, O2. ff. [2], pp. 204, ff. [4]. Roman type, titles of paragraphs in Italics. mm. 160x215.

4°. [I tomo] +-++4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Yyy4; [II tomo] +4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Nnn4, a4-k4. ff. [8], pp. 542, f. [1]; ff. [4], pp. 472, ff. [40]. Text in Roman, titles of paragraphs in Italics.

4°. [*]3, a-d4, [*]2, A-M4, N6. Roman, Latin text italics. mm. 140×205.

The first part is a critical discussion of rainbow and its nature (the work opens with a defence of the 'new philosophy' based on the sensate esperienze: Galileo is obviously mentioned). The second part is a thorough commentary of the section on the…