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- Naturalium quaestiunum libri VII. Matthaei Fortunati in eosdem libros annotationes. Index rerum notatu dignarum in calce operis appositus ...
- Imprint from colophon., Includes index., DeGolyer Collection bookplate.
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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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- 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) .
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- Scandaglio sopra La libra astronomica et filosofica di Lotario Sarsi : nella controuersia delle comete e particolarmente delle tre vltimamente vedute l'anno 1618
- del signor Gio. Battista Stelluti ..., Signatures: [dagger]², A-L⁴., A defense of Galileo against the attack by Orazio Grassi (alias "Lotario Sarsi")., Includes errata., Two unrecorded printed correction slips pasted on p. 69., Francesco Stelluti, Giovanni's brother, is believed to have assisted in the writing of this book and Prince Cesi edited the book, toning down some of the theological passages.
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- Il saggiatore nel quale con bilancia esquisita e giusta siponderano le cose contenute nella Libra astronomica e filosofica
- di Lotario Sarsi Sigensano [pseud.] scritto in forma di lettera all'illmo. et reuermo. monsre. d. Virginio Cesarini ... dal sig. Galileo Galilei., Engraved title within architectural border, the arms of Urban VIII in the upper panel, the Lincei device in the lower. Engraved illustrations and diagrams., First edition (second state)., Title and portrait of Galilei engraved by Francesco Villamena., Dedication (signed: Gli accademici lincei) followed by two poems in praise of the author, one in Latin by Johannes Faber, the other in Italian by Francesco Stelluti.
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- Johannis Hevelii Cometographia : totam naturam cometarum : utpote sedem, parallaxes, distantias, ortum & interitum, capitum, caudarumq́[ue] diversas facies, affectionesq́[ue] ... Cumprimis verò, cometæ anno 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... obse
- Includes errata., Added engraved title page., Head- and tail-pieces., Stamp on t.p.: DuPlum Bibliothecae , B.M.S., Includes index.
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- Ismaelis Bullialdi Obseruatio secundi deliquii lunaris, anno 1652, mense Septembri facti : vna cum calculo illius, et futuri alius lunæ defectus mense Martio 1653, ex tabulis philolaicis et obseruationes circa cometam qui mense Decembri 1652 fulsit, tam a
- Signatures: A-B⁴ C³., Head- and tail-pieces.
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- Il saggiatore nel quale con bilancia esquisita e giusta siponderano le cose contenute nella Libra astronomica e filosofica
- di Lotario Sarsi Sigensano [pseud.] scritto in forma di lettera all'illmo. et reuermo. monsre. d. Virginio Cesarini ... dal sig. Galileo Galilei., Engraved title within architectural border, the arms of Urban VIII in the upper panel, the Lincei device in the lower. Engraved illustrations and diagrams., First edition (first state, with errata on p. 236 consisting of 16 misprints)., Title and portrait of Galilei engraved by Francesco Villamena., Dedication (signed: Gli accademici lincei) followed by two poems in praise of the author, one in Latin by Johannes Faber, the other in Italian by Francesco Stelluti., Portrait and poems (4p.l.) supplied in photostat. Photostat of p.235-236 in the second state inserted at end after p.236.
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- Instrucção sobre os corpos celestes : principalmente sobre os cometas
- por Francisco Henrique Ahlers., Illustrations engraved by M. LeBouteux from design by the author., Signatures: A-NⴠO²., Head- and tail-pieces., Includes bibliographical references.
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- An astronomicall description of the late comet : from the 18. of Nouemb. 1618. to the 16. of December following. With certaine morall prognosticks or applications drawne from the comets motion and irradiation amongst the celestiall hieroglyphicks.
- By vigilant and diligent obseruations of Iohn Bainbridge Doctor of Physicke, and louer of the mathematicks., Title page illustration; headpieces and initials., A variant of the edition with the imprint: London, printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Fetherstone. 1618., Signatures: A-F⁴ G² (G2 blank)., The last leaf is blank., Errata p. [8].
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- Ratio ponderum libræ et simbellæ : in qua quid è Lotharii Sarsii libra astronomica, quidque è Galilei Galilei Simbellatore, de cometis statuendum sit, collatis utriusque rationum momentis, philosophorum arbitrio proponitur
- auctore eodem Lothario Sarsio sigensano., Written as an answer to Galileo's Il Saggiatore, the title of which is burlesqued as Simbellatore (i.e. Zimbellatore)., Lothario Sarsio sigensano is an anagram of Horatio Grassio salonensi., Includes errata., Signatures: [sec.]⁴ A-T⁴., Head- and tail-pieces., Includes bibliographical references and index.