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De cometis libelli tres. I. Astronomicvs, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607. & 1618. conspecti sunt ... II. Physicvs, continens physiologiam cometarum nouam ... III. Astrologicvs, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607. & 1618
Avtore Iohanne Keplero., Parts 2 and 3 have separate title-pages; part 3 dated 1620 on t.p. and 1619 on colophon., The comet of 1607 was later called Halley's comet., Errors in pagination: p. 109-110 repeated; 6 unnumbered pages follow p. 98, and 5 unnumbered pages follow p. 110., Signatures: *⁴ , A-T⁴ (T4 blank) .
De stella nova in pede Serpentarii
et qui sub ejus exortum de novo iniit, trigono igneo. Libellus astronomicis, physicis, metaphysicus, meteorologicis & astrologicis disputationibus ... plenus. Accesserunt I. De stella incognita Cygni: narratio astronomica. II. De Jesv Christi Servatoris vero anno natalitio, consideratio novissim sententi Lavrentii Svslyg Poloni, quatuor annos in usitata epocha desiderantis., Parts [2]-[4] each have special t.-p.; part [1]-[3] paged continuously., Part [3] has imprint: Francofvrti, 1606; part [4] has imprint: Francofvrti, W. Richteri, 1606., Signatures: )?(A-CcDdA-E(E blank)
Epitome astronomiae Copernicanæ : usitatâ formâ quæstionum & responsionum conscripta, inq[ue] VII. libros digesta, quorum tres hi priores sunt de doctrina sphæricâ ...
[v. 1], Liber 1-3. Doctrina sphærica -- [v. 2], Liber 4. Physica cœlestis -- [v. 3], Liber 5-7. Doctrina theorica., avthore Joanne Kepplero ..., Book IV ([v.2]) is a second issue, the first published in 1620., Paged continuously., Pagination: [v. 1]: [28], 1-400, 409-417, [1] (blank) p.; [v. 2]: [2], 419-622, [2]; [v. 3]: [12], 641-780, 785-932, [16] p., For full pagination, signatures, and contents, cf. Caspar, M. Bib. Kepleriana, 55, 63, 66, 69., Head and tail pieces; initials., Numerous pagination errors., Book IV has special t.p. with imprint: Lentiis ad Danubium, impensis G. Tampachii, excudebat I. Plancus, 1622. Books V-VII have collective t.p. with imprint: Francofvrti, sumptibus G. Tampachij, 1621., Includes indexes., Errata: [v. 1], p. [27-28] (1st group); [v. 2], p. [623]; [v. 3], p. [14-16] (last group)., Manuscript notations in margins., Books IV and V-VII have title Epitomes astronomiæ Copernicanæ.
Epitome astronomiae Copernicanæ : usitatâ formâ quæstionum & responsionum conscripta, inq[ue] VII. libros digesta, quorum tres hi priores sunt de doctrina sphæricâ ...
[v. 1], Liber 1-3. Doctrina sphærica -- [v. 2], Liber 4. Physica cœlestis -- [v. 3], Liber 5-7. Doctrina theorica., avthore Joanne Kepplero ..., Book IV ([v.2]) is a second issue, the first published in 1620., Paged continuously., Pagination: [v. 1]: [28], 1-400, 409-417, [1] (blank) p.; [v. 2]: [2], 419-622, [2]; [v. 3]: [12], 641-780, 785-932, [16] p., For full pagination, signatures, and contents, cf. Caspar, M. Bib. Kepleriana, 55, 63, 66, 69., Head and tail pieces; initials., Numerous pagination errors., Book IV has special t.p. with imprint: Lentiis ad Danubium, impensis G. Tampachii, excudebat I. Plancus, 1622. Books V-VII have collective t.p. with imprint: Francofvrti, sumptibus G. Tampachij, 1621., Includes indexes., Errata: [v. 1], p. [27-28] (1st group); [v. 2], p. [623]; [v. 3], p. [14-16] (last group)., Manuscript notations in margins., Books IV and V-VII have title Epitomes astronomiæ Copernicanæ.
Nova stereometria doliorvm vinariorvm, in primis Austriaci, figuræ omnium aptissimæ; et usus in eo virgæ cubicæ compendiosissimus & plane singularis. Accessit Stereometriæ Archimedeæ supplementum.
Authore Ioanne Kepplero ..., Errata leaf tipped in at end., Title vignette., Initials., P. 61-62 extra long and folded at bottom., With: Kepler, Johannes. Ausszug auss der uralten messekunst Archimedis ... Lintz, gedruckt durch H. Blancken, 1616., Harlow Collection bookplate.
Dioptrice.
Signatures: )(⁴ a-c⁴ d² A-K⁴ chi².
Epitome astronomiae Copernicanæ : usitatâ formâ quæstionum & responsionum conscripta, inq[ue] VII. libros digesta, quorum tres hi priores sunt de doctrina sphæricâ ...
[v. 1], Liber 1-3. Doctrina sphærica -- [v. 2], Liber 4. Physica cœlestis -- [v. 3], Liber 5-7. Doctrina theorica., avthore Joanne Kepplero ..., Book IV ([v.2]) is a second issue, the first published in 1620., Paged continuously., Pagination: [v. 1]: [28], 1-400, 409-417, [1] (blank) p.; [v. 2]: [2], 419-622, [2]; [v. 3]: [12], 641-780, 785-932, [16] p., For full pagination, signatures, and contents, cf. Caspar, M. Bib. Kepleriana, 55, 63, 66, 69., Head and tail pieces; initials., Numerous pagination errors., Book IV has special t.p. with imprint: Lentiis ad Danubium, impensis G. Tampachii, excudebat I. Plancus, 1622. Books V-VII have collective t.p. with imprint: Francofvrti, sumptibus G. Tampachij, 1621., Includes indexes., Errata: [v. 1], p. [27-28] (1st group); [v. 2], p. [623]; [v. 3], p. [14-16] (last group)., Manuscript notations in margins., Books IV and V-VII have title Epitomes astronomiæ Copernicanæ.
Epitome astronomiae Copernicanæ : usitatâ formâ quæstionum & responsionum conscripta, inq[ue] VII. libros digesta, quorum tres hi priores sunt de doctrina sphæricâ ...
[v. 1], Liber 1-3. Doctrina sphærica -- [v. 2], Liber 4. Physica cœlestis -- [v. 3], Liber 5-7. Doctrina theorica., avthore Joanne Kepplero ..., Book IV ([v.2]) is a second issue, the first published in 1620., Paged continuously., Pagination: [v. 1]: [28], 1-400, 409-417, [1] (blank) p.; [v. 2]: [2], 419-622, [2]; [v. 3]: [12], 641-780, 785-932, [16] p., For full pagination, signatures, and contents, cf. Caspar, M. Bib. Kepleriana, 55, 63, 66, 69., Head and tail pieces; initials., Numerous pagination errors., Book IV has special t.p. with imprint: Lentiis ad Danubium, impensis G. Tampachii, excudebat I. Plancus, 1622. Books V-VII have collective t.p. with imprint: Francofvrti, sumptibus G. Tampachij, 1621., Includes indexes., Errata: [v. 1], p. [27-28] (1st group); [v. 2], p. [623]; [v. 3], p. [14-16] (last group)., Manuscript notations in margins., Books IV and V-VII have title Epitomes astronomiæ Copernicanæ.