Bologna: Typis Haeredis Victorii Benatii, 1645. 4to (223 x 160 mm). [16], 228, [4] pp., including half-title, fine engraved frontispiece with Medici arms by Coriolano, errata and imprimatur/colophon leaves at end, the latter with large printer's device. Numerous woodcut astronomical diagrams in text. Text within ruled borders throughout. Contemporary full..... More

Leipzig: Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 1890. Published 1890-1910. 9 Volumes set. Half cloth with red morocco lables. Fundamentalkatalog. -

Die endgültige Fassung der "Bonner Durchmusterung", exakte Auflistung mit Standorten aller Sterne der Zonen -2° bis -18° und +1° bis +80°. - Die Messungen beruhen auf Beobachtungen der wichtigsten Sternwarten der Welt (Nicolajew..... More

Wittenberg: Casparus Heiden, 1624. Sammelband including three works. Astrologia Seu De Stellarum Natura, affectionibus, & effectionibus. Exercitatio : Qua difficultates praecipuae, de Stellarum Definitione, caußis, Ordine, . . . succincte & nervose ecpediuntur; Cum Indice Quaestionum. Editio Septima Correctior mendos a tertia & melior . . . [Wittenberg]: Casparus Heiden..... More

Rome: apud Joannem Mariam Salvione, 1728. Folio (390 x 270 mm). viii, 92 pp., including engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, two engraved initials, engraved headpiece, 3 mezzotint engraved illustrations in text, and 10 (4 folding) engraved plates (the first in mezzotint). Contemporary calf..... More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798. Vol. 1 and Part 2 of Vol. 2 only, bound in 2 Volumes, (2), LVI, 301, 156, 202 pp.; (2), 396 pp. Contemporary half leather, spines gilt, with labels, rubbed, bumped and somwhat soiled. Spine of vol. 2 torn.. Old stamp on title recto cancelled; glue..... More

Brescia: Tomaso Bozzola, 1566. Folio (293 x 208 mm). [4], 42 leaves. Signatures: *⁴ A-G⁶. Printer's woodcut device on title, historiated initials, large woodcut illustrating the arms of the dedicatee Camilla Torella, letterpress tables. Later half vellum over xylographed paper boards, old ink lettering and shelf label to spine (little..... More

Paris: Chez Michel Lambert, 1760. 8vo (196 x 125 mm). [2] i-xiv, [1] 2-247 [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, letterpress tables, 2 folding engraved plates bound at the end. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt-lettered red morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers..... More

Utrecht: Barthélémy Wild, 1780. 4to (257x202 mm). [4], 239 (recte 237) [1] pp. , including 3 engraved plates and 7 folding tables. Contains the following contributions: - 1. CONDORCET, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de. Essai sur la théorie des comètes. - 2. TEMPELHOFF, Georg Friedrich von. Essai sur la solution..... More

Hastings, NY: Henry Draper, 1863. Size 536 x 435 mm (21 x 17 inches) laid down on original mount (702 x 547 mm) which bears a printed label 'Photograph of the Moon, taken by Prof. Henry Draper, M.D., with a silvered glass Telescope, Fifteen and a Half Inches Aperture, Hastings..... More

St. Petersburg: Typis Academiae imperialis scientiarum, 1772. 4to (255 x 200 mm). [16], 775 [1] pp., including one folding engraved plate. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked with modern calf, spine ruled in gilt, with 5 raised bands and two gilt-lettered morocco labels (boards scratched, extremities worn, corners bumped and scuffed)..... More

London: for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1688. 8vo (162 x 102 mm). [12], 152 pp. Signatures: A⁶ B-K⁸ L⁴. E4 is a cancel leaf. Contemporary mottled calf, elaborate gilt spine (upper joint neatly repaired, head of spine slightly chipped), preserved in cloth slipcase. Internally only slightly browned, a little..... More

Breslau: Maruschke & Berendt, 1901. 1901-1903. Two volumes. 4to (315 x 235 mm). vi, [2], 116 pp., 6 collotype plates of moon phases (one bound as frontispiece); iv, 120 pp., 6 plates of moon phases and diagrams (incl. 1 collotype). Uniformly bound in half cloth, gilt-lettered spines, printed upper boards..... More

Milan: Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1768. 4to (272 x 201 mm). [12], 420 pp. Printer's woodcut device on title, 6 folding engraved plates. Early 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and with two gilt lettering pieces (wear to hinges, spine and extremities rubbed), red-dyed edges. Text generally..... More