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SCHEINER, Christoph (1573-1650). Rosa Ursina, sive sol ex admirando facularum & macularum suarum phoenomeno varius. Bracciano: Andreas Phaeus at the Ducal Press, 1626-1630.
2o (335 x 242 mm). Engraved title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, numerous text engravings, many full-page, woodcut historiated initials. (Trimmed closely affecting engraved title, some marginal dampstaining.) 18th-century calf (rebacked, compartments of old spine laid down). Provenance: manuscript notes in front by an 18th-century owner regarding Scheiner's books in the 1711 Paris sale of Charles Bulteau's library, and at the back regarding his measurements of spots according to the scale of Scheiner's solar measurement spectrum.
FIRST EDITION. Scheiner first observed sunspots in March 1611 and had his discovery published pseudonymously the following year. This sparked a conflict with Galileo, who claimed priority of discovery (see lot 13 Sidereus nuncius); in fact, their observations were made independently. The Rosa Ursina is Scheiner's major work and expanded upon his researches into sunspots. In it he confirms his method and criticises Galileo for incorrectly calculating the inclination of the axis of rotation of the sunspots to the plane of the ecliptic. The fine engravings depict Scheiner's observations, his important moon map and his instruments. The edition was printed at the private press established by Paolo Jordano Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, and a patron of astronomy, at his castle. The title, Rosa Ursina, is a play on Orsini's name, and bears are frequently incorporated into decorative motifs. "An extravagant book about sunspots... by Christopher Scheiner, a Jesuit rival of Galileo..." (Visual Explanations p. 122). Cinti 79; Sommervogel VII, 738, no. 8.
2o (335 x 242 mm). Engraved title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, numerous text engravings, many full-page, woodcut historiated initials. (Trimmed closely affecting engraved title, some marginal dampstaining.) 18th-century calf (rebacked, compartments of old spine laid down). Provenance: manuscript notes in front by an 18th-century owner regarding Scheiner's books in the 1711 Paris sale of Charles Bulteau's library, and at the back regarding his measurements of spots according to the scale of Scheiner's solar measurement spectrum.
FIRST EDITION. Scheiner first observed sunspots in March 1611 and had his discovery published pseudonymously the following year. This sparked a conflict with Galileo, who claimed priority of discovery (see lot 13 Sidereus nuncius); in fact, their observations were made independently. The Rosa Ursina is Scheiner's major work and expanded upon his researches into sunspots. In it he confirms his method and criticises Galileo for incorrectly calculating the inclination of the axis of rotation of the sunspots to the plane of the ecliptic. The fine engravings depict Scheiner's observations, his important moon map and his instruments. The edition was printed at the private press established by Paolo Jordano Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, and a patron of astronomy, at his castle. The title, Rosa Ursina, is a play on Orsini's name, and bears are frequently incorporated into decorative motifs. "An extravagant book about sunspots... by Christopher Scheiner, a Jesuit rival of Galileo..." (Visual Explanations p. 122). Cinti 79; Sommervogel VII, 738, no. 8.