Lot n° 14

ARGOLI, Andrea. Exactissimae Caelestium Motuum Ephemerides ad longitudinem Almae Urbis, et Tychonis Brahe Hypotheses, ac deductas è Coelo accurate observationes ab anno 1641 ad annum 1700.Padova, Frambotto, 1648

Estimation : Start Price 600 € /
Description
3 vols. 4to, mm. 220x160; Contemporary full vellum binding; pp. [24], 587, [5, last page bl.]; pp. [2], 945, i.e. 917, [3, bl. last leaf bl.]; pp. [4, the first leaf bl.], 903, 1b. Nice frontispiece engr. in copper, 1 copper plate out text, many woodcut astronomic figures within the text.

FIRST EDITION. The first volume contains the treatise on astronomy in three books, the other two contain tables with the Ephemerides from 1641 to 1700. The table out of text engraved in copper in the first volume depicts the two hemispheres of the moon with their findings.

Gardner: “A fine old work on the science”.

Riccardi, I, 50, censisce solo il primo volume; Houzeau & Lancaster,15174; Gardner, Bibl. Astrologica, n. 70, solo il primo volume.

Condition Report: Light foxing, exemplary genuine. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
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