A HANDBOOK OF RENAISSANCE METEOROLOGY by Heninger, Jr., S. K - 1960: With Particular Reference to Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature

Octavo (9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches) Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1960. First Edition. 269 pages, illustrated with "Figures" and "Headpieces" taken from Renaissance black and white wood cuts, appendices, selected bibliography, general index; in original unclipped dust jacket. Hardcover, cloth, very good condition (mild age toning to end papers, not affecting text).

From the jacket: "This study systematically reconstructs the scientific principle of archaic meteorology. It also assembles the assorted ideas about meteors which derived from the Holy Scriptures, classical mythology, poetic convention, and the interrelated fields of astrology, magic, and folk-belief. This factual information fully documented with instances of literary adaptation, provides a complete reference work for Renaissance weather lore and its literary paraphrase."

"Included also are essays on six major creative writers - Spencer, Marlowe, Jonson, Chapman, Donne, and Shakespeare - essays which seek fresh insight into the intellectual interests and stylistic techniques of these poets by examining their use of meteorological information.