Rare and Important Astronomical Works
Catalogue 02-2022
25 new arrivals
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1483. 4 July 1483. 4to (230 x 163 mm). 93 unfoliated leaves (of 94, bound without the initial blank). Signatures: a-l8 m6 (-a1, a2r incipit, text of the Canons of John of Saxony, b3v supplement to the Canons of John of Saxony, c1r astronomical tables, m3r explanation..... More
Ingolstadt: Apian, 1533. Introductio geographica in Verneri annotationes. Ingolstadt: (Peter) Apian, 1533. 88 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E4 a4 b-c6 d8 e-h6 i8 k-l6 (D3 missigned E3). Title printed in red and black and with large woodcut illustration, full-size woodcut coat of arms on verso, historiated woodcut initials, several woodcut diagrams..... More
Osaka: Narui Mohe, 1706. 5 Volumes. Ōsaka: Narui Mohē, Hōei 3 (= 1706). (260 x 185 mm). With 44 (18 full-page) woodcuts. Caption title. Within single border, text in 12 vertical lines. Xylographically printed and stack-folded double leaves in Japanese stitched bindings. Blue original wrappers with xylographic title label, protected..... More
Königsberg: Nicolovius, 1810. 4to (225 x 180 mm). vi, 72 (i.e. 82), [2] pp., including errata leaf at end. Bound in 19th century marbled paper card, gilt-lettered paper spine label (paper chipped ant spine ends, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). Printed on blue paper. Little age-toning, minor scattered foxing. Provenance: Georg..... More
London: W. Innys, 1729. 4to (215 x 168 mm). Entire volume offered: [6], 293-661 [1] pp., including general title, drop titles for individual numbers, content leaves outside pagination, and 14 engraved folding plates. Contemporary panelled calf (spine rebacked, extremities worn, corners heavily scuffed. Text and plates somewhat browned, dust-soiled (some..... More
Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Folio (311 x 194 mm). 54 unnumbered leaves, title with engraved portrait of the author, 6 large engravings and 23 woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: )::(4 A-E6 F4 G-H6 I4. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin with stamped..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1740. Éléments d'astronomie. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1740. xvi, [12], 643 [1] pp., title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, a few woodcutr diagrams in text, 21 folding engraved plates. CASSINI, Jacques. Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planetes, des étoiles fixes, et des..... More
Amsterdam: J. Janssonius, 1660. 1660-1661. c. 460 x 545 mm. Engraved map, hand-colored and heightened in gold, from the celestial atlas Harmonia macrocosmica (plate 27). Without the publisher's note and the plate number in the engraved plate, which were added to the maps of the second edition in 1708 by..... More
Amsterdam: J. Janssonius, 1660. 1660-1661. c. 460 x 545 mm. Engraved map, hand-colored and heightened in gold, from the celestial atlas Harmonia macrocosmica (plate 24). Without the publisher's note and the plate number in the engraved plate, which were added to the maps of the second edition in 1708 by..... More
Paris: Valade (de l'imprimerie de Gueffier), 1776. 8vo (197 x 124 mm). [4], xxxii, 444 pp. Including half-title, title with printer's device, woodcut head- and tailpiece, 1 folding engraved plate bound at end. Late 19th century half calf, dark-blue marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, yellow-dyed edges, new..... More
Berlin: Ambrosius Haude, 1744. 4to (228 x 188 mm). [3] 4-187 (i.e. 186) pp., engraved frontispiece by F.H. Fritsch, engraved device on title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 4 folding engraved plates bound at end; bound without the cancel leaf A4 as in most copies. 18th century marbled paper wrappers (minor..... More
Berlin: Ambrosius Haude, 1744. I. [EULER, Leonhard]. Beantwortung verschiedener Fragen über die Beschaffenheit, Bewegung und Würckung der Cometen. - Fortgesetzte Beantwortung der Fragen über die Beschaffenheit, Bewegung und Wücrkung der Cometen. Two parts in one volume. Berlin: Ambrosius Haude, 1744. 56; 92, [2] pp., including woodcut device to each title..... More
London: for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1688. 8vo (157 x 97 mm). [12], 152 pp. Signatures: A6 B-K8 L4. E4 is a cancel leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, neatly reabacked (minor wear to extremities and corners). Text with little even browning, minor dust-soiling to outer margins in places. Provenance: Mel(?)..... More
The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1656. 4to (220 x 165 mm). [12], 328, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved author's portrait bound-in facing first text page, numerous woodcut text diagrams (several full page), woodcut initials and headpieces, section title pages within pagination. All pages uncut. Signatures: *6 A-Z4..... More
Oxford: Hen. Clements, 1718. 8vo (205 x 124 mm). [8], xv [1], 495 [1] pp., engraved title vignette, dedication and preface, 2 folding engraved plates of the moon by M. Burghers, woodcut diagrams in text, several full-page. Contemporary calf, spine with gilt lettered morocco label and rich gilt decoration, sprinkled..... More
Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, approx. 300 woodcut diagrams in text, complete..... More
Cölln an der Spree (Berlin): Ulrich Liebpert, Königl. Preuss. Hof-Buchdruckerei, 1712. 4to (212 x 167 mm). 24 pp., 1 folding engraved plate, woodcut initials and headpieces. Signatures: A-C4. Near contemporary simple paper wrappers (dust soiled, minor edge chipping and fraying). Text somewhat browned and spotted, minor marginal dust-soiling to title..... More
Middelburg / Antwerp: Z. Romanus / Plantin Press, 1630. 4to (207 x 164 mm). [40], 65, [3] pp., woodcut on title showing the heliocentric system, woodcut initials and headpiece, folding engraved plate, errata on leaf L3 verso, including final blank leaf L4. Signatures: A-B4 ***4 2A-F4 G2 H-L4. [Bound with:]..... More
Augsburg: Philipp Ulhart the elder, 1556. Two parts in one volume. Folio (316 x 221 mm). 88; 36 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-K6 L8 M-N6 O8 P-S6 T2. Including blank leaf L8. Several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, woodcut initials. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, spine lettered in manuscript..... More
Amsterdam: F. Cuyper, 1666. Three parts in one volume including Appendix to part II. Folio (322 x 201 mm). [24], 1-888, [2], 889-966, [6]; [12], 464; [6], 78, [2] pp. With 3 engraved title pages, letterpress title with woodcut device to each part, half title to part II only as..... More
Venice: Peter Liechtenstein, 1515. 10 January 1515. Folio (312 x 220 mm). [2], 152 leaves. Signatures: *2 a-z6 A6 B8. Woodcut initials, several woodcut diagrams at text margins, final page with woodcut printer's device printed in red and black above colophon. Some neat early annotations at start of text, title..... More
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Leipzig: Wolfgang Stöckel, 1499. 4to (210 x 140 mm). 49 leaves (of 50, lacking I6, blank only). 39 lines, types: 160 (title and headings), 81, (text, leaded), 73 (commentary). Capital spaces with capitals, initial strokes and underlines supplied in red. Woodcut printer's device at end hand-colored in red and green..... More
Bracciano: apud Andream Phaeum, 1626. 1626-1630. Folio (380 x 265 mm). [40], 124 pp; 125-149 [i.e. 160] leaves; [4], 149-784, [38] pp. Signatures: π4 a-b6 c4 A-E6 F4 G-R6 2a-2s6 2t4 2u-2x6 2y4 3A-4M6 (F4, R6, 4I6 blank). Main text in double columns. Imprimatur dated 1630. Additional engraved title, letterpress..... More
Cordoba: for the author by Pedro Arias de la Vega and Domingo Acosta, 1735. Two parts in one volume. [56], lxxxxv, 442, [204] pp., woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams, letterpress tables, title to second part, general index at end. Signatures: §-14§2, ¶-24¶2, A-F4, G8, I-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aaa-Zzz2, Aaaa-Zzzz2..... More
Edo: Shōyōken Yorozuya Seibē, 1730. 3 volumes in classical Chinese (方密之先生鑑定 / 閩中游子六輯著 / 天経或問 / 書林大集堂梓) and 1 Appendix volume by Nishikawa SEIKYU in Japanese. 大略天學名目鈔 : 天經或問附. Tairyaku tengaku myōmokushō. Tenkei wakumon furoku. Mixed edition: Vol. 2 and 3: Nihonbashi, Edo Shōyōken, Yorozuya Seibē, Kyōhō 15 [1730]; Vol..... More
