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LUBIENIECKI, Stanislaw.

Historia cometarum, a diluvio usque ad praesentem annum vulgaris epoche a Christo nato 1665 decurrentem.

Amsterdam: F. Cuyper, 1666.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #001814

Historia cometarum, a diluvio usque ad praesentem annum vulgaris epoche a Christo nato 1665 decurrentem. Part 2 (of 2) and Appendix in one volume. Amsterdam: F. Cuyper, 1666-68. Folio (325x220 mm). [6], 464, [2]; [14], 78, [2] pp. With 2 engraved title pages, half title, 1 engraved portrait and 24 (3 folding, including 1 double-page) engraved celestial maps. Well-preserved copy in untouched contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript (somewhat dust-soiled, small tear to spine), interior bright and clean and virtually unspotted. ----

Estreicher XXI, 433; Poggendorff I, 1508; Thorndike VIII, 336; Warner, Sky explored 164. - FIRST EDITION, part 2 and appendix only of the "Theatrum cometicum", but complete in itself. A history of all comets, and a treatise on their correspondence with terrestrial events. "Since each map represents the observation of a different astronomer, taken together they illustrate the variety of cartographic traditions popular during the 17th century" (Warner).

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