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- Aristarchi De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis, et lunae, liber
- cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam ; a' Federico Commandino vrbinate in latinum conuersus, ac commentarijs illustratus., "Cum priuilegio pont. max. in annos X.", Title vignette: publisher's device. Initials.
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- Elements.
- Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.
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- Abbildung und Beschreibung deß wunderwürdigen unvergleichlichen Cometen : der erstmals zu Anfang deß Wintermonats vor Aufgang der Sonnen erschienen, und anjetzt nach derselben Untergang sich entsetzlich sehen lässet.
- Illustration of town's people viewing the Great Comet of 1680, which was the first comet to be discovered by telescope and the comet used by Isaac Newton to test Kepler's laws of planetary motion., Variant of broadsheet printed by Schollenberger in Nuremberg in 1680., Mounted on late nineteenth-century thick paper., Stamp on mounting paper: Sammlung Hans Hopf.
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- Iordanus Brunus Nolanus De speciervm scrvtinio et lampade combinatoria Raymvndi Lvllii Doctoris Heremitæ omniscii : propè modumque diuini.
- Text in italics., According to Salvestrini, sheets ²B1-H4 are a re-issue of Bruno's De lampade combinatoria Lulliana, Wittenberg, 1587., Signatures: A-B⁸ ²B-G⁸ H⁴ (C4 and G2 missigned C2 and H2)., Title vignette; initials., Manuscript notes in French on fly-leaf opposite t.p., DeGolyer Collection bookplate., Armorial bookplate (Duke of Sussex?) on inside front cover., With: Bruno, Giordano. Iordanvs Brvnvs Nolanvs De progressv et lampade ventoria logicorvm. [Wittenberg : Z. Crato], 1587.
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- Opticks; or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light.
- By Sir Isaac Newton, knt.
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- A discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither. Unto which is added, A discourse concerning a new planet,
- By John Wilkins., "A discourse concerning a new planet" has separate title page., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes bibliographical references.
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- [Solar eclipse, August 19, 1887]
- Title supplied by cataloger., The text at head reads: "Solar Eclipse, August 19, 1887. It will almost certainly occur. The solar eclipse will start appearing in the right corner (of the sky) at 2:36 pm, [will move up] to the top right of the sky at 3:48 pm, and will stay between the top and the left sky at 4:58 pm. The solar eclipse will be visible from Shirakawa to Sado. This solar eclipse will be a truly rare phenomen which last occured 101 years ago on New Year's Day of 1786. During the solar eclipse, the colors of various objects will look strange, flowers will wilt, and so on. It will happen once in our lives.", Text in Japanese.
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- Naturhistorische Alpenreise.
- Vorgelesen der Naturforschenden gesellschaft in Solothurn., Added t.-p., engr.
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- Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light.
- Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures.
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- Albertus Durerus Nurembergensis pictor huius aetatis celeberrimus, versus è Germanica lingua in Latinum ... Quatuor his suaru[m] Institutionum geometricarum libris ... denuo ad scripti exemplaris fidem omnia diligenter recognita, emendatius iam in lucem e
- Signatures: a⁴ A-P⁶ Q⁴., The illustrations on P6r and Q1r have folded flaps., Printer's device on t.p. and on leaf at end., Several errors in paging., Lib. III contains Dürer's expositions on the construction of letters, with many large woodcut specimens of roman capitals., With: Dürer, Albrecht. Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti ... De urbibus, archibus, castellísque compendis ... Parisiis : C. Wecheli, 1535.
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- Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II, gran dvca di Toscana, intorno alle cose, che stanno in su l'acqua, o che in quella si muouono.
- Printer's device on recto of leaf at end.