![COMETS – BRUNACCI, Gaudenzio (1631-1669). De pseudostella, seu cometa, quae apparuit anno Domini 1664 mense Decembris disquisitio astrologica. Venice: 1665. 12° (174 x 77mm). Half-title, 3 folding engraved plates. (Tiny marginal burn hole to 1.A6, plates lightly creased and faintly spotted.) Modern pasteboard binding. [Sold with:] GHISILIERI, Antonio (1685-1734). Predizione della cometa dell'anno 1736. Bologna: 1735. Engraved title and 10 folding plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials. 4° (220 x 152mm). Modern pasteboard binding. [And:] MONTANARI, Geminiano (1633-1687). Copia di lettera scritta all'illustrissimo signore Antonio Magliabechi ... intorno alla nuova cometa apparsa quest'anno 1682. Padua: 1682. 4° (202 x 149mm), 8pp. Engraved title vignette of comet and constellation, woodcut headpiece and initial. Disbound with all leaves loose, contained within modern paper sleeve. [And:] ARPE, Malachia dell'. Lettera ... scritta al Sig](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12140_0369_000(comets_brunacci_gaudenzio_de_pseudostella_seu_cometa_quae_apparuit_ann081954).jpg?w=1)
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COMETS – BRUNACCI, Gaudenzio (1631-1669). De pseudostella, seu cometa, quae apparuit anno Domini 1664 mense Decembris disquisitio astrologica. Venice: 1665. 12° (174 x 77mm). Half-title, 3 folding engraved plates. (Tiny marginal burn hole to 1.A6, plates lightly creased and faintly spotted.) Modern pasteboard binding. [Sold with:] GHISILIERI, Antonio (1685-1734). Predizione della cometa dell'anno 1736. Bologna: 1735. Engraved title and 10 folding plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials. 4° (220 x 152mm). Modern pasteboard binding. [And:] MONTANARI, Geminiano (1633-1687). Copia di lettera scritta all'illustrissimo signore Antonio Magliabechi ... intorno alla nuova cometa apparsa quest'anno 1682. Padua: 1682. 4° (202 x 149mm), 8pp. Engraved title vignette of comet and constellation, woodcut headpiece and initial. Disbound with all leaves loose, contained within modern paper sleeve. [And:] ARPE, Malachia dell'. Lettera ... scritta al Sig. Adamo Cenospide in ragguaglio del celeste portento vedutosi in Toscana la notte de' 31 di marzo del presente anno 1676. Florence and Milan: 1676. 4° (220 x 160mm), 4pp. Woodcut text-illustration of comet. Modern boards. [And:] ALIBANI, Andrea. Discorso... per la cometa cospicua al meridiano di Bologna la notte delli 17 decembre 1664. Bologna: 1764. 4° (200 x 145mm), 12pp. Woodcut text-illustration of comet, title device, initial and typographic ornaments. (Light soiling.) Modern boards. [And:] CAPOCCI, Ernesto. Dialoghi sulle comete scritti in occasione delle cinque apparse nell'anno 1825. Naples: 1825. 4° (220 x 155mm), 90pp. Aquatint frontispiece. (Variable light spotting.) Modern cloth-backed boards. [And:] CASTAGNOLA, Giovan Francesco. Discorso sopra lo [sic] cometa comparso [sic] nel Decembre del 1664. Genoa: 1665. 4° (234 x 160mm). Double-page folding engraved plate, final blank. (Plate soiled with a few marginal holes, some extending into plate image. Later vellum (soiled).
RARE ITALIAN TREATISES ON COMETS, many discussing the great comets of 1664 (C/1664 W1, at perihelion on 5 December 1664 at 1.02 AU) and 1665 (1665 F1 at perihelion on 24 April 1665 only 0.106 AU from the Sun). Sold with 2 other similar volumes.
RARE ITALIAN TREATISES ON COMETS, many discussing the great comets of 1664 (C/1664 W1, at perihelion on 5 December 1664 at 1.02 AU) and 1665 (1665 F1 at perihelion on 24 April 1665 only 0.106 AU from the Sun). Sold with 2 other similar volumes.
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