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KEPLER, Johannes & BARTSCH, Jakob.

Tabulae Manuales Logarithmicae ad Calculum Astronomicum, in specie Tabb. Rudolphinarum compendiose tractandum mire utiles. Ob defectum prioris Editionis Saganensis multum hactenus desideratae. Quibus accessit in hac Editione Introductio nova curante Joh. Casp. Eisenschmid.

Strassburg: Johannes Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700.

2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #002882

Six parts in one volume. 8vo (154 x 92 mm). 40, [276], [2] pp. including errata leaf bound at end. Fine contemporary vellum with the original clasps intact, blue-dyed edges, spine with faint ink lettering. Title page with some very light spotting, otherwise crisp and clean throughout. A very fine copy. ----

Caspar 99; Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing K-28; Houzeau-Lancaster 12757; Lalande p.338. SECOND- AND THE FIRST OBTAINABLE EDITION of the tables used in calculating Kepler's Rudolpine Tables of 1627. Originally published in Sagan in 1631 after Kepler's death by his son-in-law, Jacob Bartsch, the first edition was extremely limited due to financial troubles. Caspar records only one copy, which is defective, of this edition. The second edition as offered here was brought out by John Caspar Eisenschmid in 1700 and in his introduction he gives a detailed account of the fate of the first edition. This second edition is by no means a common book on the market (ABPC lists only two copies in the past fifty years; 1971 and 1984). Kepler's contribution to science is immeasurable, giving future astronomers three major laws of planetary motion, as well as fundamental theories in optics, geometry and logarithms. Bartsch was an important astronomer in his own right, bringing seven new constellations to the celestial charts with his publication of "Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati" in 1624. - Visit our website for additional images and information.

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