Item #003886 De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618. Johannes KEPLER.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.
De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.

De cometis libelli tres. Astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt, etc, Physicus, continens physiologiam cometarum novam, etc, Astrologicus, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607 et 1618... II. Physicus, continens Physiologiam Cometarum novam ... III. Astrologicus, de significationibus Cometarum Annorum 1607 & 1618.

Augsburg: Andreas Aperger for Sebastian Mylius, 1619.

1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Item #003886

1619-1620. Three parts in one volume. 4to (188 x 145 mm). [8], 1-98, [6], 99-110, [5], 110-138, [2] pp., 3 folding letterpress tables (facing p. 36, 44, and 72), 2 folding woodcut plates (facing p. 8 and 86); separate title page to each part (that of part III dated 1620); continuous pagination, but with errors (p. 109-110 repeated; 6 unnumbered pages follow p. 98, and 4 unnumbered pages follow p. 110); woodcut initials, head- and tailpiece; woodcut text diagrams; final blank T4 present. Signatures: *4 A-T4. Modern limp vellum resusing old material, new endpapers, speckled edges (wrappers somewhat bowed). Text and plates with light even browning and minor pale spotting, first title-leaf repaired (not affecting text); folding plate facing p. 86 with repaired tear (no loss); signs of a round stamp erased from first title with minor damage and thinning of paper. Provenance: 19th-century ink stamp of Imperial Academy of Science (St. Petersburg) on title verso; from a French private collector who acquired it from an American book seller ca. 2007. Still a very good copy. ----

First largely original collective edition of Johannes Kepler's three treatises on comets from astronomical, physical and astrological points of view, based on the astronomer's work on the great comets of 1607 (Halley's) and 1618.
Kepler, who had been Tycho Brahe's assistant, adapted Copernican theory to observations by suggesting that the planets had elliptical rather than circular orbits around the Sun, and calculated the speed of their motion. In this work, he sought to go beyond the Aristotelian theoretical framework that saw comets not as celestial bodies but as meteorological phenomena. Kepler considered comets to be spherical, transparent celestial bodies reflecting the light of the Sun, in contrast to Galileo, who attributed a terrestrial origin to them. The first treatise (astronomicus) sets out the theorems of cometary motion and trajectory, with a fold-out diagram of Halley's comet; the second (physicus) focuses on their physical nature, formation and tail composition; the third treatise (astrologicus), originally published in German but enlarged in this edition, discusses the astrological interpretation and influence on human history of the comet transits of 1607 and 1608.
"When Kepler published his German treatise on comets in 1607 [Aussführlicher Bericht, Von dem newlich im Monat Septembri und Octobri diss 1607. Jahrs erschienenen Haarstern, oder Cometen], he wanted to publish it in Latin as soon as possible. However, difficulties arose immediately. When the finished text was presented to the censors of the theological faculty in Leipzig, where it was to be printed, they objected to one part of the book. Kepler, who believed he could deduce a linear motion of the comets from his observations, tried to combine this motion with the attempt to interpret the meaning of the conspicuous celestial phenomena by having the motion taken care of by spirits specially created for this purpose. . . Only when he had toned down the text . . . was permission to print given. Since the printing was also delayed due to the printer's negligence and Professor Tanckius in Leipzig who was supposed to supervise it died during the work, the work was not published . . . When three comets appeared in the sky in the fateful year of 1618, Kepler brought out his old work again, supplemented it with a detailed treatment not only of the earlier comet of 1607, but also of these new ones, and in the last part, which deals with the 'Significationes Cometarum' added relevant explanations about the new comets" (Caspar 60, transl. from the German).
Bibliography and references: Caspar 60; Zinner 4739; Honeyman 1798. - Visit our website to see more images!

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