ARGOLI, Andrea. Novae Caelestium Motuum Ephemerides ad longitudinem Almae Urbis. Ab anno 1620 ad 1640. Roma, Facciotto, 1629
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2 tomes in one vol. 4to; mm. 240x180; Contemporary full vellum binding; pp. [28], 512; pp. [4], 589, [3]. Vignette in copper at the two Title pages, astronomic illustrations within the text.
IMPORTANT AND RARE WORK THEFIRST EDITION OF ASTRONIMICORUM LIBRIS TRES. The first volume opens with this work of theoretical astronomy, where Argoli presents his original system of the world: a geocentric system with the orbits of Mercury and Venus centered on the Sun; Moon, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn centered on Earth, which rotates on its axis. Argoli rejects the notion of solid spheres, and argues that the heavens are fluid. In this first part he discusses the different astronomical systems, the Ptolemaic, the Copernican, and the one of Tycho Brahe; the second part contains astronomical tables and ephemeris, essential for predicting eclipses, the calculation of hours, astrological predictions. This is the last work published in Rome by Argoli before moving to the Venetian Republic.
Riccardi, I, 49; Niceron, XXXIX, p. 329; Thorndike, VII, pp. 122-segg. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2007, p. 59; Westman, R., The Copernican Achievement, Univ. of Californica Press, 1975, p. 274.
Condition Report: Specimen with brownings, slight tracks of humidity and worm holes./esemplare con bruniture, qualche traccia d'umidità e fori di tarlo. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
IMPORTANT AND RARE WORK THEFIRST EDITION OF ASTRONIMICORUM LIBRIS TRES. The first volume opens with this work of theoretical astronomy, where Argoli presents his original system of the world: a geocentric system with the orbits of Mercury and Venus centered on the Sun; Moon, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn centered on Earth, which rotates on its axis. Argoli rejects the notion of solid spheres, and argues that the heavens are fluid. In this first part he discusses the different astronomical systems, the Ptolemaic, the Copernican, and the one of Tycho Brahe; the second part contains astronomical tables and ephemeris, essential for predicting eclipses, the calculation of hours, astrological predictions. This is the last work published in Rome by Argoli before moving to the Venetian Republic.
Riccardi, I, 49; Niceron, XXXIX, p. 329; Thorndike, VII, pp. 122-segg. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2007, p. 59; Westman, R., The Copernican Achievement, Univ. of Californica Press, 1975, p. 274.
Condition Report: Specimen with brownings, slight tracks of humidity and worm holes./esemplare con bruniture, qualche traccia d'umidità e fori di tarlo. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
