![NATURAL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKES, ECLIPSES, THE AURORA BOREALIS AND COMETS – SFORZA, J.M. Meteorologicae lucubrationes ex Aristotelis Meteororum libris. Naples: 1655. 4° (223 x 162mm). Large printer’s device on title. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Modern pasteboard binding (splits to spine). [Sold with:] SGUARIO, Eusebio. Dissertazione sopra le aurore boreali. Venice: 1738. [Bound with:] – Sopra L’Aurora Boreale comparia il di 16. Dicembre l’Anno 1737. Venice: 1738. 2 works in one vol., 4° (219 x 150mm). Engraved folding plate and 3 others, typographic table. (First title soiled and creased, occasional light scattered spotting.) Modern boards. [And:] CACCIATORE, Niccolò. Della cometa apparsa in luglio del 1819 osservazioni. Palermo: Dalla reale Stamperia, 1819. . 4° (225 x 156mm). Engraved vignette on title and one in text, folding engraved plate. (Very small worming in gutter affecting few leaves at end.) Contemporary c](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0179_000(natural_phenomena_including_earthquakes_eclipses_the_aurora_borealis_a043726).jpg?w=1)
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NATURAL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKES, ECLIPSES, THE AURORA BOREALIS AND COMETS – SFORZA, J.M. Meteorologicae lucubrationes ex Aristotelis Meteororum libris. Naples: 1655. 4° (223 x 162mm). Large printer’s device on title. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Modern pasteboard binding (splits to spine).
SGUARIO, Eusebio. Dissertazione sopra le aurore boreali. Venice: 1738. [Bound with:] – Sopra L’Aurora Boreale comparia il di 16. Dicembre l’Anno 1737. Venice: 1738. 2 works in one vol., 4° (219 x 150mm). Engraved folding plate and 3 others, typographic table. (First title soiled and creased, occasional light scattered spotting.) Modern boards. [and:] CACCIATORE, Niccolò. Della cometa apparsa in luglio del 1819 osservazioni. Palermo: Dalla reale Stamperia, 1819. . 4° (225 x 156mm). Engraved vignette on title and one in text, folding engraved plate. (Very small worming in gutter affecting few leaves at end.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: AUTHORIAL PRESENTATION COPY (ink inscription on flyleaf, to:) Catarina di Simone. [and:] SECCHI, P. Angelo. Relazione delle osservazioni fatte in Spagna durante l'eclisse totale del 18 Luglio 1860. Rome: 1860. 8° (210 x 148mm). Folding engraved plate. Modern vellum backed boards. [and:] STAMBUCCHI, Roberto. Intorno all'eclisse annulare di sole visibile in Italia il giorno 9 ottobre 1847. Milan: 1846. 8° (210 x 135mm). Folding map showing path of the eclipse. (Occasional faint spotting.) Contemporary leather-backed boards. [and:] VANNUCCI, Giuseppe Arciprete. Discorso istorico-filosofico sopra il tremuoto. Cesna: 1787. 8° (220 x 138mm). Folding engraved view (plate torn along creasefold, but without loss, occasional light browning to text.) Modern quarter calf. [and:] COMIERS, Claude. La nature et presage des cometes. Lyons: 1665. 8° (170 x 100mm). Half-title, woodcut diagrams in the text. (Title repaired.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Franz Pollack-Parnau (bookplate). [and:] MAIRAN, Jean Jacques d'Ortus de. Traité physique et historique de l'aurore boréale. Paris: 1754. 4° (223 x 162mm). 17 folding plates. (Title spotted and with closed repaired tears, variable spotting, staining and browning throughout). Contemporary calf, gilt spine (rebacked, preserving original spine, extremities rubbed with some repairs). [and:] SIMONELLI, Jacopo Filippo. Scientia eclipsium ex imperio, et commercio Sinarum illustrate. Rome: 1744-1747. 4 parts in one, 4° (242 x 165mm). 18 engraved plates, all but one folding. (Old paper pasted onto L3r and N4v in pt. 2, variable browning.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine (refurbished). Provenance: Alain Brieux (dealer’s ticket). [Sold with:] 6 other works on related subjects.
SGUARIO, Eusebio. Dissertazione sopra le aurore boreali. Venice: 1738. [Bound with:] – Sopra L’Aurora Boreale comparia il di 16. Dicembre l’Anno 1737. Venice: 1738. 2 works in one vol., 4° (219 x 150mm). Engraved folding plate and 3 others, typographic table. (First title soiled and creased, occasional light scattered spotting.) Modern boards. [and:] CACCIATORE, Niccolò. Della cometa apparsa in luglio del 1819 osservazioni. Palermo: Dalla reale Stamperia, 1819. . 4° (225 x 156mm). Engraved vignette on title and one in text, folding engraved plate. (Very small worming in gutter affecting few leaves at end.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: AUTHORIAL PRESENTATION COPY (ink inscription on flyleaf, to:) Catarina di Simone. [and:] SECCHI, P. Angelo. Relazione delle osservazioni fatte in Spagna durante l'eclisse totale del 18 Luglio 1860. Rome: 1860. 8° (210 x 148mm). Folding engraved plate. Modern vellum backed boards. [and:] STAMBUCCHI, Roberto. Intorno all'eclisse annulare di sole visibile in Italia il giorno 9 ottobre 1847. Milan: 1846. 8° (210 x 135mm). Folding map showing path of the eclipse. (Occasional faint spotting.) Contemporary leather-backed boards. [and:] VANNUCCI, Giuseppe Arciprete. Discorso istorico-filosofico sopra il tremuoto. Cesna: 1787. 8° (220 x 138mm). Folding engraved view (plate torn along creasefold, but without loss, occasional light browning to text.) Modern quarter calf. [and:] COMIERS, Claude. La nature et presage des cometes. Lyons: 1665. 8° (170 x 100mm). Half-title, woodcut diagrams in the text. (Title repaired.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Franz Pollack-Parnau (bookplate). [and:] MAIRAN, Jean Jacques d'Ortus de. Traité physique et historique de l'aurore boréale. Paris: 1754. 4° (223 x 162mm). 17 folding plates. (Title spotted and with closed repaired tears, variable spotting, staining and browning throughout). Contemporary calf, gilt spine (rebacked, preserving original spine, extremities rubbed with some repairs). [and:] SIMONELLI, Jacopo Filippo. Scientia eclipsium ex imperio, et commercio Sinarum illustrate. Rome: 1744-1747. 4 parts in one, 4° (242 x 165mm). 18 engraved plates, all but one folding. (Old paper pasted onto L3r and N4v in pt. 2, variable browning.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine (refurbished). Provenance: Alain Brieux (dealer’s ticket). [Sold with:] 6 other works on related subjects.
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