Theatrum cometicum, duabus partibus constans, quarum altera frequenti senatu philosophico conspicua, cometas anni 1664 & 1665 variis virorum per Europam clariss. . . / Historia cometarum, a diluvio usque ad praesentem annum vulgaris epoche a Christo nato 1665 decurrentem. .
by LUBIENIECKI, Stanislaw
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VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of this monumental work on comets and the observation of their trajectory, from the Flood to the year 1665. The first part contains a series of thirty-eight reports of observations on the trajectory of the famous comet of 1664-1665, based on the author's correspondence with Jan Heweliusz, Otto von Guericke, Gaspar Schott and several other European scholars. The second part offers a chronology of 415 observations of comets made between 2312 B.C and 1665 A.D. The third is an appendix devoted to the meaning of comets. The numerous illustrations includes a title-frontispiece engraved by Sebastiaen Stopendael after Matthias Scheits, which is repeated at the head of each volume, a portrait of the author engraved by Lambert Visscher, a portrait of Rautenstein by Matthias van Sommeren in the third part, and 83 astronomical diagrams and illustrations engraved on 81 plates by Stopendael, Gerritsz, Gerardi, Veenhuysen, etc. "Since each map represents the observation of a different astronomer, taken together they illustrate the variety of cartographic traditions popular during the 17th century" (Warner). Coming from a noble family in Raków, Stanis?aw Lubieniecki (1623-1675) was an astronomer, historian and pastor of the Socinian community of Czarkowy. After the Swedish invasion of Poland, he was constantly under attack from the Lutheran clergy, as "Polish Brother", and had to place himself under the protection of Frederick III of Denmark, in Hamburg, where he remained until his death.
References: Brunet, III, 1194; Graesse, IV, 270; Honeyman 2052; Estreicher XXI, 433; Poggendorff I, 1508; Thorndike VIII, 336; Warner, Sky explored 164. - Visit our website to see more images!
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- Theatrum cometicum, duabus partibus constans, quarum altera frequenti senatu philosophico conspicua, cometas anni 1664 & 1665 variis virorum per Europam clariss. . . / Historia cometarum, a diluvio usque ad praesentem annum vulgaris epoche a Christo nato 1665 decurrentem. .
- Author
- LUBIENIECKI, Stanislaw
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- F. Cuyper
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1666
- Keywords
- Astronomy, comets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy;
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