BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION and with old binding on astronomy, mathematics, influence of the stars and genii, time calculation, music, history, religious rites, and the doctrines of the Greek and Roman. Title "CENSORINUS DE DIE NATALI" (ON THE NATAL DAY) by the philologist Heinrich Lindenbrog (1570-1642) who bases his work on that of Censorinus a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer from the 3rd century AD. The book was published by Ioannis Maire in Leiden, 1642 and is complete. The "DE DIE NATALI" it is a work consisting of 24 chapters, dedicated by Censorinus to his friend Quintus Caerellius on the occasion of his birthday. The condition of the book is excellent, the illustrations are well detailed, the paper is in very good condition, the characters are well printed, the pages are almost flawless, and the antique leather binding is embellished with beautiful golden finishes on the plates and spine, as per attached photos. The work therefore consists of a series of anecdotes and observations organized with insight and wit around the theme of the birthday. The first part is dedicated to birth in all its different aspects, physical, anthropological, astrological and ends with a periodization of human life divided into seven-year periods, in which the age of the recipient is calculated (49 years). A chapter praising the qualities, the social role and the positions held by Quintus Cerellius marks the transition to the second part, in which the theme of time is developed, in its conceptual aspects and its divisions; of particular interest is the comparison between the different ways of formulating the calendar among the various ancient peoples: it is in this section that the author indicates the exact year in which he is writing, 238 AD, calculating it both on the basis of the Greek Olympics and based on the succession of the "Agones Capitolini" (Capitoline Games modeled after the Olympic Games in Greece) established by Domitian in 86, and with a combination of the indication of the consuls, the Olympics and the 142 books from the foundation of the City of Rome. The work demonstrates the vast culture and broad curiosities of this grammarian, whose sources were varied: he himself quotes Varro several times, Pliny the Elder, Aulus Gellius, Suetonius and other. Description and Condition: 1 volume in 16mo, size H 154 x W 100 mm or 6.1 by 3.9 inches. (16), 250, (38) pp. Woodcut printer´s device on title, a few woodcut illustrations in the text and folding plate. Well-preserved antique leather binding, intact with very few signs of wear, embellished with beautiful golden finishes on the plates and spine. The illustrations are well detailed, paper is in very good condition, characters are well printed and the pages are almost flawless. Minor blemishes to be expected with books of this age (380 years old). Complete book with all the illustrations. References: Karl Felix Halm: Lindenbrog, Heinrich. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, S. 693; Parker, Holt N., ed. (2007), Censorinus: The Birthday Book, Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Brodersen, Kai, ed. (2012), Censorinus: Über den Geburtstag (in German), Darmstadt: WBG, ISBN 978-3-534-18154-4; "Censorinus", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. V (11 ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, p. 662. Author: Censorinus was a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer from the 3rd century AD. Cassiodoro or Cassiodorus (Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator 485-580 circa) in the "De Grammatica" mentions him together with Palaemon, Phocas and Probus among the authors of earlier times who treated on the art of grammar. He was the author of a lost work De Accentibus and of an extant treatise "De Die Natali", written in 238, and dedicated to his patron Quintus Caerellius as a birthday gift. The chief authorities used were Varro and Suetonius. Some scholars, indeed, hold that the entire work is practically an adaptation of the lost Pratum of Suetonius. Part of the original manuscript, containing the end of the genuine work, and the title and name of the author of the fragment are lost. A bright crater in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon has been named after him. Author: Heinrich Lindenbrog (1570-1642) was a German librarian and philologist, he was a son of the Hamburg notary and Danish historical researcher Erpold Lindenbrog (1540–1616). In the spring of 1592 he enrolled in the register of the University of Helmstedt and continued his studies with Justus Lipsius and Joseph Justus Scaliger at Leiden University. Joseph Justus Scaliger in particular had a significant influence on the Lindebrog's career. In 1610 he became librarian for Duke Johann Adolf von Holstein in his library at Gottorf Castle and retained this position under Duke Friedrich III until the end of his life. He transferred the most valuable volumes from the Bordesholm monastery library to the ducal library and also worked as a philologist. In 1595 he edited the Policraticus of John of Salisbury. Heinrich Lindenbrog was buried in the family crypt in the Old Hamburg Cathedral. Shipping: via UPS, DHL, National Postal Services, protected, INSURED and fully tracked package. Estimated time for Europe 3-5 working days. Shipping within one working day, you can combine shipping if you purchases several items from us, saving money and time.