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KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Eclogae chronicae ex epistolis doctissimorum aliquot virorum. Frankfurt: Johann Bringer for Gottfried Tambach, 1615.
4º (192 x 150mm). Woodcut title device and other ornaments, O4 folding. (Title spotted and with stain at lower corner, second leaf of preface abraded on recto with loss of letters over a few lines, light browning.) Later boards with floral pattern, speckled edges (worn at spine and board edges). Provenance: A. Knorre (signature on title; a few corrections in his hand).
FIRST EDITION. One of several works by Kepler on the subject of Christian chronology, it provides the text of his correspondence with the German musician and chronologer Seth Calvisius (1556-1615), the Jesuit Johannes Deckers, Markus Gerstenberger, and Herwart von Hohenburg. Prompted by his calculation of the year of Christ's birth as 5 B.C. in De Jesu Christi ... vero anno natalitio (Frankfurt, 1606), the letters not only discuss this issue but the period of Christ's public activity, set by Kepler at two and a quarter years. BL/STC 17th-century German Books K-110.
4º (192 x 150mm). Woodcut title device and other ornaments, O4 folding. (Title spotted and with stain at lower corner, second leaf of preface abraded on recto with loss of letters over a few lines, light browning.) Later boards with floral pattern, speckled edges (worn at spine and board edges). Provenance: A. Knorre (signature on title; a few corrections in his hand).
FIRST EDITION. One of several works by Kepler on the subject of Christian chronology, it provides the text of his correspondence with the German musician and chronologer Seth Calvisius (1556-1615), the Jesuit Johannes Deckers, Markus Gerstenberger, and Herwart von Hohenburg. Prompted by his calculation of the year of Christ's birth as 5 B.C. in De Jesu Christi ... vero anno natalitio (Frankfurt, 1606), the letters not only discuss this issue but the period of Christ's public activity, set by Kepler at two and a quarter years. BL/STC 17th-century German Books K-110.
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