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MÜNSTER, Sebastian. Organum Uranicum. Habes in libro ... explicata theoricas omnium planetarum. Basle: Henricus Petri, 1536.
2° (305 x 188mm). Large title woodcut, woodcut portrait of the author and 35 illustrations of planets, including 12 with 15 volvelles (3 detached), colophon leaf at end with large woodcut device on verso. (Minor waterstaining in first two quires, lacking blank i4; signature cut away from blank upper margin of title.) Late-18th-century cat's-paw calf. Bookplate of Sir George Shuckburgh.
FIRST EDITION of an important treatise on the revolution of the moon and planets. Adams M-1938; Zinner 1637-8; Burmeister 43. This copy has the maximum number of recorded volvelles, but because of the uncertainty in collating the volvelles it is sold not subject to return.
2° (305 x 188mm). Large title woodcut, woodcut portrait of the author and 35 illustrations of planets, including 12 with 15 volvelles (3 detached), colophon leaf at end with large woodcut device on verso. (Minor waterstaining in first two quires, lacking blank i4; signature cut away from blank upper margin of title.) Late-18th-century cat's-paw calf. Bookplate of Sir George Shuckburgh.
FIRST EDITION of an important treatise on the revolution of the moon and planets. Adams M-1938; Zinner 1637-8; Burmeister 43. This copy has the maximum number of recorded volvelles, but because of the uncertainty in collating the volvelles it is sold not subject to return.