[ASTRONOMIA]. Lotto di 3 edizioni del XVII e XVIII secolo. - Wannenes Art Auctions - Milano Genova Roma Torino Montecarlo

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AUCTION 486 | 8 November 2023

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[ASTRONOMY]. Lot of 3 editions from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Lot comprising the first edition of Mapertius's scientific dissertation on the phenomenon of the earth's crushing at the poles, Burnet's cosmogony conceived with the aim of establishing the best possible coherence between Holy Scripture and the Cartesian vision of universal mechanics and Scaliger's commentary on Manilio's astrological-astronomical poem.MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis Moreau de. (1698-1759) La Figure de la Terre. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1738. 8vo (195x120 mm.) 10 engraved folding plates, of which 1 geographical 9 with diagrams of astronomical physics. Royal arms to title-page, and headpieces. Contemporary leather binding (restorations on spine) [IN LOT WITH:] BURNET Thomas (1635-1715). Theoria sacra, originem & mutationes generale orbis nostri Amsterdam: Wolters, 1699. 4to (215x155 mm.) Frontispiece and 3 plates (2 of which folding) numerous engraved plates in the text, vignette on title-page, printed in red and black. Provenance: armorial ex libris by Giuseppe Maria Parascandolo applied to the endpapers. Full vellum contemporary binding with calligraphic title on spine. [AND WITH:] MANILIUS Marcus (1st century AD); SCALIGER, Joseph (1540-1609), Astronomicon...ex vetusto codice Gemblacensi infinitis mendis repurgatum [BOUND WITH:] Castigationes et notae in Manilii Astronomicon. Argentorati: Bockenhofferi, 1655. 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to (205x145 mm.), text in Latin and Arabic, title page in red and black, printer's device, frontispiece engraved (browned). Later vellum binding (3)

ESTIMATE € 300 - 500

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DANTE (1265-1321); DORE, Gustave (1832-1883). La Divina Commedia... illustrated by Gustavo Dore. Milan: Edoardo Sonzogno, 1868-1869.

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D'ANNUNZIO, Gabriele (1863-1938); DE CAROLIS, Adolfo (1874-1928). Dante adriacus, 1920.

ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 1,500

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[DANCE] DUFORT Giambattista (1680-1728). Trattato del ballo nobile indirizzato all'eccellenze delle signore e de' signori cavalieri napoletani. Naples: Mosca, 1728.

ESTIMATE € 400 - 600

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DELL'UVA, Benedetto (1540-1582). Le vergini prudenti. Florence: Sermartelli, 1582.

ESTIMATE € 100 - 200

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DELLA TORRE, Carlo (1742-1796). Discorsi accademici. Parma: Bodoni, 1772.

ESTIMATE € 150 - 250

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DIOGENES LAERTIUS (180-240). Vitae et sententiae eorum qui in philosophia probati fuernunt. Venice: Pinzi, Fontana, 1497.

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ENNIUS, Quintus (239 BC-169 BC). Quae supersunt fragmenta. Naples: Salviani, 1590.

ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000

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[EROTICA]. Nuova cicalata sopra la coda in forma di lettera responsiva alla signora N. N. [S.l: s.e, after 1765].

ESTIMATE € 50 - 100

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FÉNELON DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTTE, François (1651-1715). Les Avantures de Telemaque. Leiden; Amsterdam: De Wetstein; Chatelain, 1761.

ESTIMATE € 200 - 300

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FOLARD, Jean-Charles de (1669-1752). Histoire de Polybe. Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1759.

ESTIMATE € 500 - 800

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[GENOA] BRIGNOLE SALE, Anton Giulio (1605-1662). Nella coronatione del Ser.mo Gio. Stefano Doria duce della Rep. di Genova. Genoa: Pavoni, 1634.

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[GENOVA] DORIA, Giovanni Francesco (1703-1752). Della storia di Genova dal trattato di Worms fino alla pace d'Aquisgrana. Leiden [i. e. Modena]: [Soliani], 1750.

ESTIMATE € 200 - 300

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