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HEVELIUS, Joannes. Prodromus Cometicus, quo Historia Cometae anno 1664. Danzig: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1665.
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HEVELIUS, Joannes. Prodromus Cometicus, quo Historia Cometae anno 1664. Danzig: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1665.
2° (383 x 237 mm). Engraved title vignette, 3 full-page engravings, one folding. (Some occasional pale soiling.) Contemporary limp vellum (worn).
Provenance: MICHAEL KIRSTEN (1620-1678) Doctor, mathematician, astronomer and poet born in Beraun, lived in Northern Germany, Copenhagen, Padua, Breslau and settled in Hamburg in 1655. His most significant works among his numerous publications are his scientific works: Non Entia Chymica, 1645; Dethardingii Chymischer Probier-Ofen, 1645; Bartholini Institutiones anatomicae oder künstliche Zerlegung des menschlichen Leibe, übers, 1648 and 1657; Commentatio de motu sanguinis, 1650; and Casserii anatomische Tafeln, 1650; JOHANN ALBERT FABRICIUS (1668-1736), German classical scholar and celebrated bibliographer, credited with writing 128 books on Latin, Greek and other subjects (signature on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MICHAEL KIRSTEN on the title-page: "Praeclarissimo Vero Dr° M Kirstenio dono mittit Autor." ANNOTATED BY HEVELIUS n 12 pages, including an extensive note of 19 lines on C1v. Hevelius took on the roles of observer, engraver, and publisher to ensure consistency between observation and publication. His fine engravings record the appearance and course of comets through the heavens in 1664-65. Hevelius' observatory was considered the best in Europe (Dibner), and his naked-eye observations were then famed for their accuracy. After Halley visited him in 1679 he could confirm to the Royal Society that Hevelius' position determinations were as accurate as those taken with the micrometric telescope Halley had brought with him. RARE. Not in Norman; cf. Dibner 10. '
[Bound with:]
HEVELIUS. Descriptio cometae anno aereae Christi 1665 exorti… Mantissi prodromi cometici… Danzig: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1666. 2°. 4 engravings, one folding. (Small internal hole on Q3 affecting a few letters, marginal tear on T1, some pale soiling.)
[Bound with:]
KIRSTEN, Michael. Cometa, poëma. Ad ampliss. Virum Johannem Hevelium. Hamburg: Zacharias Hertel, 1665. 2°. 6 leaves. (Two long tears on final leaf, one crossing text.)
Kirsten's homage to Hevelius in the form of a Latin verse.
2° (383 x 237 mm). Engraved title vignette, 3 full-page engravings, one folding. (Some occasional pale soiling.) Contemporary limp vellum (worn).
Provenance: MICHAEL KIRSTEN (1620-1678) Doctor, mathematician, astronomer and poet born in Beraun, lived in Northern Germany, Copenhagen, Padua, Breslau and settled in Hamburg in 1655. His most significant works among his numerous publications are his scientific works: Non Entia Chymica, 1645; Dethardingii Chymischer Probier-Ofen, 1645; Bartholini Institutiones anatomicae oder künstliche Zerlegung des menschlichen Leibe, übers, 1648 and 1657; Commentatio de motu sanguinis, 1650; and Casserii anatomische Tafeln, 1650; JOHANN ALBERT FABRICIUS (1668-1736), German classical scholar and celebrated bibliographer, credited with writing 128 books on Latin, Greek and other subjects (signature on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MICHAEL KIRSTEN on the title-page: "Praeclarissimo Vero Dr° M Kirstenio dono mittit Autor." ANNOTATED BY HEVELIUS n 12 pages, including an extensive note of 19 lines on C1v. Hevelius took on the roles of observer, engraver, and publisher to ensure consistency between observation and publication. His fine engravings record the appearance and course of comets through the heavens in 1664-65. Hevelius' observatory was considered the best in Europe (Dibner), and his naked-eye observations were then famed for their accuracy. After Halley visited him in 1679 he could confirm to the Royal Society that Hevelius' position determinations were as accurate as those taken with the micrometric telescope Halley had brought with him. RARE. Not in Norman; cf. Dibner 10. '
[Bound with:]
HEVELIUS. Descriptio cometae anno aereae Christi 1665 exorti… Mantissi prodromi cometici… Danzig: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1666. 2°. 4 engravings, one folding. (Small internal hole on Q3 affecting a few letters, marginal tear on T1, some pale soiling.)
[Bound with:]
KIRSTEN, Michael. Cometa, poëma. Ad ampliss. Virum Johannem Hevelium. Hamburg: Zacharias Hertel, 1665. 2°. 6 leaves. (Two long tears on final leaf, one crossing text.)
Kirsten's homage to Hevelius in the form of a Latin verse.
