Streete, Thomas Astronomia Carolina, nova theoria motuum coelestium,... additit Tabulas Rudolphinas... Nürnberg, Adelbulner für Otto, 1705. Kl.-4°. Mi

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Set Reminder 2021-07-31 06:00:00 2021-07-31 06:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Rare Books, Prints, Historical Photography (Auction 138, Session 2) https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/jeschke-van-vliet/rare-books-prints-historical-photography-auction-138-session-2-7234
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  Astronomie Streete, Thomas Astronomia Carolina, nova theoria motuum coelestium,... additit Tabulas Rudolphinas... Nürnberg, Adelbulner für Otto, 1705. Kl.-4°. Mit 5 gefalt. Kupfertafeln und handschriftliche Notate auf S.57-59. 4 Bl., 213, 70 S., 1 Bl. Gr.-8° Prgt. d. Zt. mit RSchild. With 5 fold. copper plates and handwritten notations on pp.57-59. On the flyleaf with a 5-line dedication by Jakob Georg von Spangenberg (1695-1779). - First Latin edition, follows the English first edition of 1661 (even before the 2nd English edition supervised by Halley in 1710). Part 2 contains the Rudolph. Plates after Morin, Paris, 1650. - Only rarely minimally browned. Good copy. "Auf dem Vorsatz mit einer 5-zeiligen Widmung von Jakob Georg von Spangenberg (1695-1779). - Houzeau-L. 9229. Roller-G. II, 470. Caspar, Bibl. Kepleriana 100. - Erste lateinische Ausgabe, folgt der englischen Erstausgabe von 1661 (noch vor der von Halley betreuten 2. engl. Ausg. 1710). ""One of the most popular expositions of astronomy in the 2nd half of the 17th century, it served es a textbook for Newton, Flamsteed and Halley... (it) was an important vehicle for the dissemination of Kepler's astronomical ideas... Kepler's first and third laws of planetary motion were clearly stated, and it was from the Astronomia that Newton learned of them (DSB XIV, 96). Teil 2 enthält die Rudolph. Tafeln nach Morin, Paris 1650. - Nur selten minimal gebräunt. Gutes Exemplar." *
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