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The inscription‘Joannes Deeus 1551.9. feb. parisijs’ is by the Elizabethan mathematician and astrologer John Dee (1527–1609). Dee had one of the greatest private libraries in England with over 3,000 volumes, which he frequently annotated. Archbishop Marsh received this book in 1690 as a gift from Frances Guise when he was Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. See the note which reads: ‘Liber Narcissi. ffern: et Leighlin. ex dono D. ff. G. 1690.’

Citation:
Leopold, Duke of Austria, Compilatio Leupoldi ducatus austrie filii de astrorum scientia Decem continentis tractatus (Venice, 1520),
Marsh's Library Exhibits,
accessed December 6, 2025,
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