Manilius; tr. Creech, Thomas ‘The Five Books of M. Manilius, Containing a System of the Ancient Astronomy and Astrology: Together with The Philosophy of the Stoicks. Done into English Verse. With Notes’ Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet [sic], London, 1697.

Leather. [1 leaf] + [Frontis.] + [1 leaf] + 60 + [plate] + [pp. 61-2] + [plate] + [pp. 63-8] + [plate] + 80 + [plate] + [pp. 81-110] + [plate] + [pp. 111-134] + 88 + [7] pp

About this Book Scan

Carefully scanned in full colour from our original printing purchased from an antiquarian bookseller in the 2000s.

Thomas Creech’s The Five Books of M. Manilius (1697) is his rendering into English verse of the ancient astrological poem of Marcus Manilius that was originally written in Latin. It was the only available English translation of Manilius from its publication in 1697 until well into the 20th century