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LANSBERGE, Philip Van (1561-1632). Tabulae motuum coelestium perpertuae. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Dordrecht: Heinrich Essaeus, 1653-1652. 3 parts, 2° (289 x 184mm). Woodcut vignette on title, one folding engraved table, woodcut diagrams, tables. (Small light waterstain on title, a few occasional spots.) Second edition in Latin, first published in 1632. Houzeau and Lancaster 12758. [Bound with the same author's:]
In quadrantem tum astronomicum, tum geometricum; nec non in astrolabium introductio. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Haarlem: Adrian Roman, 1635-1636. 2° (289 x 184mm). Large engraved vignette depicting 2 astronomers on title, 2 folding engraved plates. (Small stain in upper margin.) Houzeau and Lancaster 2980. [and:]
Sphaera plana a Ptolomaeo astrolabium dicta. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Haarlem: Adrian Roman, 1636. 2° (289 x 184mm). 2 folding engraved plates. (Small stain in upper margin.) Houzeau and Lancaster 3306. [also bound with:]
LANSBERGE, Jacob. Apologia, pro commentationibus Philippi Lansbergii in motum terrae diurnum & annuum. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Leyden: Wilhelm Christian, 1633. Small 4° (215 x 162mm). Woodcut diagrams, interleaved after first gathering. (A few leaves with outer corner repaired.)
4 works in one volume. Contemporary vellum, sprinkled edges.
'Although a follower of Copernicus, Van Lansberge did not accept the planetary theories of Kepler altogether. His Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuae (Middelburg 1632), founded on an epicyclic theory, were much used among astronomers' (DSB).
In quadrantem tum astronomicum, tum geometricum; nec non in astrolabium introductio. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Haarlem: Adrian Roman, 1635-1636. 2° (289 x 184mm). Large engraved vignette depicting 2 astronomers on title, 2 folding engraved plates. (Small stain in upper margin.) Houzeau and Lancaster 2980. [and:]
Sphaera plana a Ptolomaeo astrolabium dicta. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Haarlem: Adrian Roman, 1636. 2° (289 x 184mm). 2 folding engraved plates. (Small stain in upper margin.) Houzeau and Lancaster 3306. [also bound with:]
LANSBERGE, Jacob. Apologia, pro commentationibus Philippi Lansbergii in motum terrae diurnum & annuum. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman; Leyden: Wilhelm Christian, 1633. Small 4° (215 x 162mm). Woodcut diagrams, interleaved after first gathering. (A few leaves with outer corner repaired.)
4 works in one volume. Contemporary vellum, sprinkled edges.
'Although a follower of Copernicus, Van Lansberge did not accept the planetary theories of Kepler altogether. His Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuae (Middelburg 1632), founded on an epicyclic theory, were much used among astronomers' (DSB).
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