STREETE, Thomas (1622-1689). Astronomia Carolina, with exact and most easy rules for the calculation of eclipses ... to which is added a series of observations on the planets, chiefly of the moon, made near London ... by Dr. Edmund Haley, London: for S. Briscoe and R. Smith, 1716, 4°, third edition, title in red and black, a few woodcut diagrams (title with library perforation and stamp on verso, accession stamps on A2r, heavy browning), contemporary panelled calf (rebacked but spine rather worn, upper cover almost detached) -- John WILKINS (1614-1672). A Discovery of a New World; or, A ... world in the moon, London: by T.M. & J.A. for John Gillibrand, 2 parts in one volume, 1684, 8°, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece (dampstained, with small tear at lower margin and adhesive tape at inner margin), woodcut illustrations (A3v soiled, occasional stains), contemporary calf (spine split, inner hinges crudely-repaired) [Wing W2186] Provenance: Elizabeth Worbic, 1722; Robert Caldwell, 1790 (ownership inscriptions) (2)

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STREETE, Thomas (1622-1689). Astronomia Carolina, with exact and most easy rules for the calculation of eclipses ... to which is added a series of observations on the planets, chiefly of the moon, made near London ... by Dr. Edmund Haley, London: for S. Briscoe and R. Smith, 1716, 4°, third edition, title in red and black, a few woodcut diagrams (title with library perforation and stamp on verso, accession stamps on A2r, heavy browning), contemporary panelled calf (rebacked but spine rather worn, upper cover almost detached) -- John WILKINS (1614-1672). A Discovery of a New World; or, A ... world in the moon, London: by T.M. & J.A. for John Gillibrand, 2 parts in one volume, 1684, 8°, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece (dampstained, with small tear at lower margin and adhesive tape at inner margin), woodcut illustrations (A3v soiled, occasional stains), contemporary calf (spine split, inner hinges crudely-repaired) [Wing W2186] Provenance: Elizabeth Worbic, 1722; Robert Caldwell, 1790 (ownership inscriptions) (2)

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Streete was the friend of Halley and Huygens, and Astronomia Carolina, his principal work, was first published in 1661.

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