As part of our book adoption program, Central Publishing Group Ltd. adopted Sigismondo Fanti's book of fortune telling.
Sigismondo Fanti worked as an astrologer, mathematician and architect in Ferrara in the early 16th century. His work Triompho di Fortuna was first published in Venice in 1526, and was the second fortune-telling book to be printed. With the help of this Italian-language book, users can find answers to 72 different questions. Movement between the different parts of the volume is possible either by the hour at which the question is asked or by two throws of the dice. The woodcuts in this richly illustrated volume were colored by hand after printing. The University Library's copy contains the second edition of the work, published in 1527.
The volume is one of the highlights of the University Library Foundation's book adoption program. Save a book, adopt it! For more information, visit our website: https://konyvtar.elte.hu/en/support-us/adopt-a-book.
Adopted volume:
Sigismondo Fanti
Triompho di fortuna / di Sigismondo Fanti Ferrarese
impresso in la inclita citta di Venegia [Venezia] : ad instantia di Iacomo Giunta mercatante florentino, per Agostin da Portese, nel anno dil virgineo parto MDXXVII [1527] nel mese di genaro. [19], CXXVIII [recte: 126], [1] fol.