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Observationum solarium libri tres : In quibus explicatur verus motus solis in zodiaco: & universa doctrina triangulorum, ad rationes apparentium coelestium accommodatur
Christmann, Jakob (1554-1613)
1601
Title vignette, head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)
Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos
[14--? ]
Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...
Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planètes, des étoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne; avec l'explication & l'usage de ces mêmes tables
Cassini, Jacques (1677-1756)
1740
First edition. Title vignette. Pictorial head pieces; initial.
Johannis Hevelii Mercurius in Sole visus Gedani : anno Christiano MDCLXI, d. III Maji, st. n. cum aliis quibusdam rerum coelestium observationibus, rarisq́; phænomenis. Cui annexa est, Venus in sole pariter visa, anno 1639...a Jeremia Horroxio... [etc.]
Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687); Horrocks, Jeremiah (1617?-1641)
1662
Title vignette, head and tail ornaments.
Astronomia nova [aitiologētos], seu physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de motibus stellæ Martis, ex observationibus G. V. Tychonis Brahe : jussu & sumptibus Rudolphi II. Romanorum Imperatoris &c: plurium annorum pertinaci studio elaborata Pragæ
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601); Rudolf Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612)
Anno æræ Dionysianæ 1609
Ornamented diagrams and initials. Head and tail pieces. [Aitiologētos] in title transliterated from Greek. First edition.
Divers ouvrages d'astronomie
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712)
1731
Title p. in red and black. Engraved title vignette; engraved head piece; tail piece; decorated initials. Tables.
Popular treatises on science written during the middle ages : in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and English
Wright, Thomas (1810-1877); Philippe de Thaon; Philippe de Thaon; Historical Society of Science
1841
At head of title: Historical Society of Science.
Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa. Auctore Davide Gregorio
Gregory, David (1659-1708)
An. Dom. 1702
With a final leaf headed: "Index sectionum". Contains (p. 332 ff.) "Lunae theoria Newtoniana"; "the discussion in the preface... likewise emanated from Newton"--DNB.
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.XXX (v.1)
Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793)
1785
Printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 3: "... jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.LXXXII." V.1: xvi, 728 p., XIII leaves of plates (some folded); v.2: [4], 751 p., V leaves of plat...
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.XXX (v.2)
Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793)
1785
Printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 3: "... jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.LXXXII." V.1: xvi, 728 p., XIII leaves of plates (some folded); v.2: [4], 751 p., V leaves of plat...
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.XXX (v.3)
Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793)
1785
Printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 3: "... jusqu' à l'époque de M.D.CC.LXXXII." V.1: xvi, 728 p., XIII leaves of plates (some folded); v.2: [4], 751 p., V leaves of plat...
Astronomy, or, The true system of the planets demonstrated : wherein are shewn by instrument, their anomalies, heliocentrick and geocentrick places both in longitude and latitude... : likewise the places of the heavenly bodies and motion of the earth ... To which is prefix'd, An alphabetical catalogue of as many terms in astronomy as are most useful and necessary to be understood. A work entirely new and in a method hitherto unattempted
Leadbetter, Charles (fl. 1728)
1727
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