ASTRONOMY.7 titles: 1. GASSENDI, PIERRE. 1592-1655. Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1655. 4to (200 x 153 mm). Main title page in red and black, 2 engraved portraits (of Brahe and Copernicus), 2 woodcut diagrams in text. 20th century half vellum and marbled boards. Light toning and occasional spotting. 2. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Le operationi del compasso geometrico e militare.... Bologna: H.H. Del Dozzo, 1656. 4to (230 x 155 mm). Engraved folding chart, woodcut illustrations in text. Modern quarter morocco and marled boards. Lacking front blank, light scattered spotting. 3. DARIOT, CLAUDE. 1533-1594. Dariotus redivivus, or a Brief Introduction Conducing to the Judgement of the Stars. London: Andrew Kemb, 1653. Small 4to (175 x 135 mm). Woodcut illustrations in text. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Lacking first gathering, title page replaced in facsimile, paper repairs to first 8 leaves, with first 3 mounted to stubs, chipping to corners, extensive browning and spotting. 4. PASSEMENT, CLAUDE SIMEON. 1702-1760. Construction d'un telescope par reflexion, de Mr. Newton.... Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1741. 12mo (158 x 94 mm). Title page in red and black, folding engraved plate at back. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Browning throughout, marginal worming to last few leaves (not affecting plate). 5. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. VENTURI, GIMABATISTA. editor. Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei Modena: G. Vincenzi, 1818. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to (272 x 197 mm). 2 engraved portraits, 7 engraved folding plates. 19th century quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Rubbed, scattered foxing. 6. MAGINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. 1555-1617. Carteggio inedito di Ticone Brahe, Giovanni Keplero ed di altri celebri astronoi e matematici dei secoli XVI e XVII. Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1886. 4to. Wood engraved illustrations in text. Publisher's printed wrappers. Spine cracked and separating, upper wrapper loose, corners rolled, several chips around edges, browning. Inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper. 7. PETERS, CHRISTIAN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH, and EDWARD BALL KNOBEL. Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars. A Revision of the Almagest. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute, 1915. 20th century cloth, paper label on spine, publisher's front wrapper bound in. Corners bumped, toning.
ASTRONOMY.7 titles: 1. GASSENDI, PIERRE. 1592-1655. Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1655. 4to (200 x 153 mm). Main title page in red and black, 2 engraved portraits (of Brahe and Copernicus), 2 woodcut diagrams in text. 20th century half vellum and marbled boards. Light toning and occasional spotting. 2. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Le operationi del compasso geometrico e militare.... Bologna: H.H. Del Dozzo, 1656. 4to (230 x 155 mm). Engraved folding chart, woodcut illustrations in text. Modern quarter morocco and marled boards. Lacking front blank, light scattered spotting. 3. DARIOT, CLAUDE. 1533-1594. Dariotus redivivus, or a Brief Introduction Conducing to the Judgement of the Stars. London: Andrew Kemb, 1653. Small 4to (175 x 135 mm). Woodcut illustrations in text. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Lacking first gathering, title page replaced in facsimile, paper repairs to first 8 leaves, with first 3 mounted to stubs, chipping to corners, extensive browning and spotting. 4. PASSEMENT, CLAUDE SIMEON. 1702-1760. Construction d'un telescope par reflexion, de Mr. Newton.... Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1741. 12mo (158 x 94 mm). Title page in red and black, folding engraved plate at back. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Browning throughout, marginal worming to last few leaves (not affecting plate). 5. GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. VENTURI, GIMABATISTA. editor. Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei Modena: G. Vincenzi, 1818. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to (272 x 197 mm). 2 engraved portraits, 7 engraved folding plates. 19th century quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Rubbed, scattered foxing. 6. MAGINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. 1555-1617. Carteggio inedito di Ticone Brahe, Giovanni Keplero ed di altri celebri astronoi e matematici dei secoli XVI e XVII. Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1886. 4to. Wood engraved illustrations in text. Publisher's printed wrappers. Spine cracked and separating, upper wrapper loose, corners rolled, several chips around edges, browning. Inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper. 7. PETERS, CHRISTIAN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH, and EDWARD BALL KNOBEL. Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars. A Revision of the Almagest. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute, 1915. 20th century cloth, paper label on spine, publisher's front wrapper bound in. Corners bumped, toning.
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