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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) .
Siderevs nvncivs magna, longeqve admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique, præsertim vero philosophis, atq astronomis
qua à Galileo Galileo, patritio Florentino, Patauini gymnasij publico mathematico, perspicilli nuper à se reperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lvn facie, fixis innvmeris,lacteo circvlo, stellis nebvlosis, apprime vero in qvatvor planetis circa Iovis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissime author depræhendit primus; atque Medicea sidera nvncvpandos decrevit., Signatures: A-D[*]E-G., In case., Two leaves between l. 16 and 17 not numbered., Author's autograph on front fly-leaf. (Presentation copy), Title vignette.
Catalogus stellarum australium : sive, supplementum Catalogi Tychonici exhibens longitudines & latitudines stellarum fixarum, quae, prope polum antarcticum sitae, in horizonte Uraniburgico Tychoni inconspicuae fuere, accurato calculo ex distantiis supputa
authore Edmundo Halleio., French ed. published in Paris in the same year., Signatures: []² a² b¹ B⁴ C² []² A-C² D¹., A table of the right ascensions and distances of the principal southern stars, from the South pole; ... fitted to the beginning of the year of our Lord 1678. p. [29-40]
Works.
ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata : quibus & methodus & doctrinæ summa breuiter & perspicuè indicatur. Eiusdem annotationes in quosdam suæ illius interpretationis locos ; Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, & multorum contextus græci emendatio., Printer's mark on t.p. of t.1., First four words of title transliterated from the Greek., Greek and Latin in parallel columns., T. 2 and 3 have half-title only., T. 2 and 3 bound together., Head- and tail-pieces., Handwritten notes throughout text., Includes index.
Mukabaki no sho
[Takeda, Nobutoyo]., Cover title., Book about “leggings” (cowboy chaps); 1846 manuscript copy by Hajime Terai from 1556 original written by Nobutoyo, illustrations copied by Odani., Paul E. Klopsteg Collection., [ 武田信豊].
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)
Cosmographia Petri Apiani
per Gemmam Frisivm apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicū insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoq[ue]: locis aucta. Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmæ Frisii., Colophon: Excusum Antuerpiæ opera Aeg. Diesthemij. Anno à Christo humanæ salutis authore nato, 1545., On verso of last leaf, device (no. 2) of Grégoire de Bonte., Signatures: A-H, K-S⁴; sig. I reserved for map of the world., Leaves signed [Aiii]-[Siiii] are numbered 1-66., Title vignette; initials. Fol. 31-48 in double columns., Revolving diagrams on verso of l. 8 and 11, and on recto of l. 28 and 49., Libellus de locorum describendorvm ratione ... per Gemmam Frisivm: l. 51-57., Vsvs annvli astronomici. Gemma Frisio ... avtore: l. 58-64., For full description see Ortroy, Bibliographie de l'œuvre de Pierre Apian. 1902. no. 36.
Bibliography of meteorology. A classed catalogue of the printed literature of meteorology from the origin of printing to the close of 1881; with a supplement to the close of 1887, and an author index.
pt. 1. Temperature.--pt. 2. Moisture.--pt. 3. Winds.--pt. 4. Storms., Prepared under the direction of Brigadier General A. W. Greely ... Edited by Oliver L. Fassig., Copy 2 gift of the Ronald C. Taylor Collection., Copy 2 donated by Ming-Ying Wei and David K. Taylor., At head of title: United States of America : War dept., Only t.-p. and introduction are printed ; the body of the work is lithographed., Parts 3-4 include supplement to close of 1889., About 60,000 titles, representing some 13,000 authors.