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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
LOTS
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MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità de la città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1556.
MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità de la città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1556.
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità della città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1562.
MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità della città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1562.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500
