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- 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.
- v. 1. The two first books, Concerning the Deluge, and Concerning Paradise.--v. 2. The two last books, Concerning the burning of the world, and Concerning the new heavens and new earth., Engraved half-titles., Dedication signed: Thomas Burnet., In four books; second and fourth book each have special t.-p., Published first in Latin, with title: Telluris theoria sacra, 1681-89., "Review of the Theory of the earth," with special title-page and separate paging, bound at end of [v. 2]
- 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.