Zodiacus vitae: hoc est, De hominis vita, studio, ac moribus optime instituendis, Libri XII - Stellato, Marcello approximately 1500-approximately 1543 (Basel Osten, 1594)
A Latin poem in 12 books, one for each sign of the zodiac, first published in Basel in 1537. "The poem addresses the subject of human happiness in connection with scientific knowledge, and combines metaphysical speculation with satirical attacks on ecclesiastical hypocrisy, and especially on the Popes and Martin Luther". [wikipedia page for Pier Angelo Manzolli]
Pope Paul IV placed his book in the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum, ("Index of Prohibited Books"), in 1559.
Pier Angelo Manzolli was a name used for the author of the book Zodiacus vitae, who is believed to be the Neapolitan poet Marcello Stellato. The persona of Pier Angelo Manzolli (or Manzoli) was created by Jacopo Facciolati in the eighteenth-century.
Ex libris [name written on back of last page], 1608.
Opus mire eruditum, planeq philosophicum, ac diligentussime in Studiosorum usum denuo excusum. Cum indice accuratissimo.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); Astrology