GASSENDI, Pierre Tychonis Brahei, equitis Dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. Accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, vita [2nd enl. ed.]. 1655The Hague,A. Vlacq,4to, old mottled sheep...
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(rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands with title label (tail def.), red edges, [2]-lx-373-[11] pp. (paper age-toned, minor soiling). Good copy.
Re-issue of the 1654 ed. with an additional new titlepage in red and black (the 1654 title in black only), of this collection of biographies of famous astronomers compiled by the French scholar P. Gassendi (1592-1655). With a full-page engr. portrait of Copernicus (upper margin short touching engr.; lacking portrait of Brahe) and 2 woodcut diagrams (p. 76 & 303) illustrating Brahe’s and Copernicus’ system. Cont. ms. notes on p. 205.
Re-issue of the 1654 ed. with an additional new titlepage in red and black (the 1654 title in black only), of this collection of biographies of famous astronomers compiled by the French scholar P. Gassendi (1592-1655). With a full-page engr. portrait of Copernicus (upper margin short touching engr.; lacking portrait of Brahe) and 2 woodcut diagrams (p. 76 & 303) illustrating Brahe’s and Copernicus’ system. Cont. ms. notes on p. 205.
