HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687). Mercurius in sole visus Gedani, anno christiano MDCLXI, d. III Maji, Danzig: Simon Reiniger, 1662, 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, 10 plates by Hevelius (title and following leaf torn at inner margin), 18th-century calf-backed boards. [Norman 1067] Provenance: Joseph Halle Schaffner (bookplate)

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HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687). Mercurius in sole visus Gedani, anno christiano MDCLXI, d. III Maji, Danzig: Simon Reiniger, 1662, 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, 10 plates by Hevelius (title and following leaf torn at inner margin), 18th-century calf-backed boards. [Norman 1067] Provenance: Joseph Halle Schaffner (bookplate)

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Hevelius's observation of the transit of Mercury on 3rd May, 1661. Also included is the first printing of "Venus in sole visa" by the English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks, describing the transit of Venus on 24 November, 1639.

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