EPHEMERIDES EXACTISSIMAE CAELESTIUM MOTUUM AD LONGITUDINEM ALMAE URBIS, ET TYCHONIS BRAHE HYPOTHESES, AC DEDUCTAE E CAELO ACCURATE OBSERVATIONES AB ANNO MDCXLI AD ANNUM MDCC, PRAETER STELLARUM FIXARUM CATALOGUM EXTAT TABULA ORTUS ET OCCASUS [ASTROLOGY] [Ct in 2 Vols, Woodcuts]
by Argoli, Andrea
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Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan & Marc-Antoine Ravaud. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1659. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Woodcut text diagrams. [20], 587, [3]; [2], 915, [ 1]; [2], 903, [1] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and additional title in Volume 1. 3 volumes. 4to, 222x165 mm, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, Volume 3 front joint cracked at bottom. First volume lacking rear free endpaper, second volume lacking front free endpaper, with clean tear across 3e3, light dampstaining in lower outer corners at end of third volume. All in all a very presentable set of 3 volumes in solid condition with only minor flaws. Second edition of a collection of tables for the making of horoscopes originally published in 1648. BEA, page 59; DSB I, 244-45; Houzeau & Lancaster 15174; Riccardi I, 50; Thorndike VII, 122. Astrology, Magic, Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, illustrated. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. .
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- EPHEMERIDES EXACTISSIMAE CAELESTIUM MOTUUM AD LONGITUDINEM ALMAE URBIS, ET TYCHONIS BRAHE HYPOTHESES, AC DEDUCTAE E CAELO ACCURATE OBSERVATIONES AB ANNO MDCXLI AD ANNUM MDCC, PRAETER STELLARUM FIXARUM CATALOGUM EXTAT TABULA ORTUS ET OCCASUS [ASTROLOGY] [Ct in 2 Vols, Woodcuts]
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- Argoli, Andrea
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- Jean-Antoine Huguetan & Marc-Antoine Ravaud
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- Lyon
- Date Published
- 1659
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