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KEPLER, Johannes. De stella nova in pede serpentarii ... Prague: "Ex Officina calcographica Pauli Sessii," 1606. 2 parts. - De stella tertii honoris in cygno, quae us que ad annum M.DC.fuit incognita. Prague: Paulus Sessius , 1606. -- De Jesu Christi servatoris nostri vero anno natalitio. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1606.
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KEPLER, Johannes. De stella nova in pede serpentarii ... Prague: "Ex Officina calcographica Pauli Sessii," 1606. 2 parts. - De stella tertii honoris in cygno, quae us que ad annum M.DC.fuit incognita. Prague: Paulus Sessius , 1606. -- De Jesu Christi servatoris nostri vero anno natalitio. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1606.
4 parts in one volume, 4° (194 x 151 mm). 4 separate title-pages. Woodcut printer's device on general title, one double-page engraved plate, woodcut diagrams. (Lacks final blank, some browning and occasional pale staining.) 19th-century polished calf gilt (some light rubbing). Provenance: Joannes ? (two early signatures effaced).
FIRST EDITION. Two variants of the title page are recorded, the above or with the imprint: Typis Pauli Sessii, impensis Autoris. No definitive priority has been established but correspondence by Kepler (quoted by Casper) suggests that the present title-page is the earlier version. See previous lot. Caspar 27; Cinti 17; Houzeau & Lancaster 2843.
4 parts in one volume, 4° (194 x 151 mm). 4 separate title-pages. Woodcut printer's device on general title, one double-page engraved plate, woodcut diagrams. (Lacks final blank, some browning and occasional pale staining.) 19th-century polished calf gilt (some light rubbing). Provenance: Joannes ? (two early signatures effaced).
FIRST EDITION. Two variants of the title page are recorded, the above or with the imprint: Typis Pauli Sessii, impensis Autoris. No definitive priority has been established but correspondence by Kepler (quoted by Casper) suggests that the present title-page is the earlier version. See previous lot. Caspar 27; Cinti 17; Houzeau & Lancaster 2843.