KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos . Frankfurt: C. Marnius & Heirs of J. Aubrius, 1604.
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos . Frankfurt: C. Marnius & Heirs of J. Aubrius, 1604. 4° (195 x 157mm). Woodcut device on title, one engraved plate showing various anatomical sections of the eye, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, 2 of which full-page, and two folding printed tables. (Staining and browning throughout, extremely heavy to about two-thirds of the text-block, minor worming in gutter of gathering 3E4 spreading to following 3 gatherings and affecting folding tables.) 19th-century binding reusing 12th-century vellum manuscript leaves, preserving earlier manuscript paper spine label (extremities rubbed, ties lacking), slipcase. Provenance : Wolfgang Engelbert, Graf von Auersperg (1641-1709;: 1655 inscription) -- Counts of Auersperg, Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach (bookplate; by descent to:) -- Senhora Johana Auersperg de Mailhos and Senhor German Mailhos, of Montevideo, Uruguay (sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 1982, lot 200). FIRST EDITION of Kepler's first important optical work and a highly significant book in the history of ophthalmology. Kepler was responsible for introducing the terms 'prism,' 'lens,' 'meniscus,' and many others into the field of optics. The first part deals with human vision and the functions of the eye, the crucial role played by the retina, the process of refraction and the first scientifically correct explanation of myopia. The second part is divided into six sections, which 'include not only a discussion of parallax, astronomical refraction, and his eclipse instruments but also the annual variation in the apparent size of the sun. Since the changing size of the solar image is inversely proportional to the sun's distance, this key problem was closely related to his planetary theory; unfortunately, his observational results were not decisive' (DSB). Caspar 18; Cinti 13; Garrison p. 260; Hirschberg 308; Krivatsy 6343; Zinner 3993.
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos . Frankfurt: C. Marnius & Heirs of J. Aubrius, 1604.
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos . Frankfurt: C. Marnius & Heirs of J. Aubrius, 1604. 4° (195 x 157mm). Woodcut device on title, one engraved plate showing various anatomical sections of the eye, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, 2 of which full-page, and two folding printed tables. (Staining and browning throughout, extremely heavy to about two-thirds of the text-block, minor worming in gutter of gathering 3E4 spreading to following 3 gatherings and affecting folding tables.) 19th-century binding reusing 12th-century vellum manuscript leaves, preserving earlier manuscript paper spine label (extremities rubbed, ties lacking), slipcase. Provenance : Wolfgang Engelbert, Graf von Auersperg (1641-1709;: 1655 inscription) -- Counts of Auersperg, Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach (bookplate; by descent to:) -- Senhora Johana Auersperg de Mailhos and Senhor German Mailhos, of Montevideo, Uruguay (sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 1982, lot 200). FIRST EDITION of Kepler's first important optical work and a highly significant book in the history of ophthalmology. Kepler was responsible for introducing the terms 'prism,' 'lens,' 'meniscus,' and many others into the field of optics. The first part deals with human vision and the functions of the eye, the crucial role played by the retina, the process of refraction and the first scientifically correct explanation of myopia. The second part is divided into six sections, which 'include not only a discussion of parallax, astronomical refraction, and his eclipse instruments but also the annual variation in the apparent size of the sun. Since the changing size of the solar image is inversely proportional to the sun's distance, this key problem was closely related to his planetary theory; unfortunately, his observational results were not decisive' (DSB). Caspar 18; Cinti 13; Garrison p. 260; Hirschberg 308; Krivatsy 6343; Zinner 3993.
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