Important Sammelband of four astronomical works by Van Lansberge

LANSBERGE, Johan Philp van.

Progymnasmatum astronomiae restitutae liber I. De motu solis. / Uranometriae libri tres. / Commentationes in motum terrae diurnum & annuum. / Apologia pro commentationibus Philippi Lansbergii in motum terrae diurnum & annuum: adversus libertum fromondum theologum Lovaniensem & Joan. Baptistam Morinum.

Middelburg: Zacharias Roman, 1628.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #002704

I. Progymnasmatum astronomiae restitutae liber I. De motu solis. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman, 1628. [12], 1-64, [35], 100-116 pp. Signatures: *⁴ 2*² A-O⁴ P². Preliminary gathering 2* misbound after title-leaf. Large engraved vignette on title, woodcut diagrams, initials and headpieces. A few spots. [Bound with:] II. Uranometriae libri tres. [24], 134, [2] pp. Signatures: *-3*⁴ A-R⁴. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman, 1631. Large woodcut on title and in text, woodcut device on final leaf. Some browning, heavy in gathering 3*, light marginal waterstaining. [Bound with:] III. Commentationes in motum terrae diurnum & annuum. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman, 1630. [40], 65, [3] pp. Signatures: A⁴ 2*-3*^{4 2}A-F⁴ G² H-L⁴. Large woodcut on title, one double-page engraved plate, woodcut diagrams, historiated initials, headpieces, with final blank. Occasional light spotting. [Bound with:] IV. Apologia pro commentationibus Philippi Lansbergii in motum terrae diurnum & annuum: adversus libertum fromondum theologum Lovaniensem & Joan. Baptistam Morinum. Middelburg: Zacharias Roman, 1633. [16], 131 [1] pp. Signatures: [dagger]-2[dagger]⁴ A-Q⁴ R². Large woodcut on title, woodcut diagrams, with final 2 blanks. Some spotting and browning. 4to (217 x 162 mm). Four works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges, manuscript title on spine (sides a little warped). Provenance: erased inscription on first title - 'G.S.' (initials on rear cover). A fine copy in original untouched binding. ----

DSB VIII, p. 28. I. Second edition. Houzeau-Lancaster 2979. II. FIRST EDITION. Houzeau-Lancaster 2981. III. First edition in Latin of Bedenckingen op den dagelyckschen, ende jaerlyckschen loop van den aerdt-kloot (Middelburg, 1629). IV. FIRST EDITION. - Van Lansberge can be credited with bringing the ideas of Copernicus to a wide range of people who did not possess the mathematical background to read advanced texts. "In his Progymnasmatum astronomiae. . . Van Lansberge taught the probability of the earth's motion according to Copernican doctrine; the same is true of . . . Commentationes. . . Both works were attacked for their Copernican ideas by Morin in his Famosi et antiqui problematis de telluris motu vel. . . (Paris, 1631), and by Libert Froidmond in his Anti-Aristarchus. . . (Antwerp, 1631). Although a follower of Copernicus, Van Lansberge did not accept the planetary theories of Kepler altogether." (DSB).

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