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BOSCOVICH, Ruggiero Giuseppe (1711-87). De inaequalitatibus quas Saturnus et Jupiter sibi mutuo videntur inducere praesertim circa tempus conjunctionis. Rome: Generosi Salomoni, 1756.
8° (197 x 132mm). Woodcut device on title, 4 engraved folding plates, woodcut initials and headpieces, errata on final leaf. (Occasional light staining, final folding plate lightly frayed and stained at fore-edge and fold.) Later vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (edges lightly rubbed and stained). Provenance: Michelangelo Giacomelli (1695-1774, archbishop and writer; ownership inscription) — A. Bettocchi (neat stamp on title) — Senatore Dudan, Spalato (library stamp) — Il Polifilo (bookseller’s ticket).
FIRST EDITION of a rare astronomical tract. Riccardi I 179 ('raro e pregiato').
8° (197 x 132mm). Woodcut device on title, 4 engraved folding plates, woodcut initials and headpieces, errata on final leaf. (Occasional light staining, final folding plate lightly frayed and stained at fore-edge and fold.) Later vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (edges lightly rubbed and stained). Provenance: Michelangelo Giacomelli (1695-1774, archbishop and writer; ownership inscription) — A. Bettocchi (neat stamp on title) — Senatore Dudan, Spalato (library stamp) — Il Polifilo (bookseller’s ticket).
FIRST EDITION of a rare astronomical tract. Riccardi I 179 ('raro e pregiato').
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