Ephemerides motuum caelestium ex anno 1833 ad annum 1836 quas ad meridianum Bononiae supputavit ….
by CATUREGLI, Pietro
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Bologna, Ex Typ. Sassiana, 1832.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (30 x 22 cm.), contemporary red straight-grain morocco (light wear, a few pinpoint wormholes at the joints), smooth spine richly gilt, sides tooled in gilt with two rolls, "GREGORIO XVI. P.O.M." tooled on upper cover, gilt inner dentelles, cream silk endleaves, red silk endbands and ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Engraved vignette on title-page (perhaps the Piazza Maggiore in Bologna). Clean and crisp. In fine condition. Letterpress shelfmark label ("Hà IV. - 34.") and circular stamp ("G V P F") on front flyleaf. From the libraries of Pope Gregory XVI and King Umberto II of Italy. Engraved allegorical frontispiece (allegorical female figure with starry crown studying an armillary sphere), vi, 340, 12, 23 pp., (2 ll.), 2 engraved folding charts. Text consists almost entirely of tables. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of these tables of ascension and declination for the sun, moon and stars, with formulas and tables for calculating the same for bodies not included in this volume. The two engraved folding charts show the predicted paths of the solar eclipses of 16 July 1833 and 15 May 1836. Caturegli (d. 1833) was professor of mathematics and astronomy at Bologna.Provenance: Library of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846); later in the library of Umberto II, King of Italy (1904-1983; reigned 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946, although he had been de facto head of state since 1944), parts of which were dispersed in Portugal.*** ICCU: Biblioteca dell'INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Capodimonte - Napoli. Not located in Jisc. Not located in NUC.
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- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20825
- Title
- Ephemerides motuum caelestium ex anno 1833 ad annum 1836 quas ad meridianum Bononiae supputavit ….
- Author
- CATUREGLI, Pietro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Publisher
- Bologna, Ex Typ. Sassiana, 1832.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- bindings, Popes, astronomy, Bologna, science, almanac, City views, Allegorical figures, Armillary spheres, BIBLIO-LIVE-1
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