Category: Astronomy

TABULAE LODOICAEAE; SEU, UNIVERSA ECLIPSEON DOCTRINA TABULIS, PRAECEPTIS AC DEMONSTRATIONIBUS EXPLICATA.

Price: $1,080.00

Publisher: Dijon, Pierre Palliot : 1656

Seller ID: 35032

B&W Illustrations; [16], 186, [2] pages. 4to, 224x169 mm, 19th-century 1/4 calf, rebacked; marginal dampstaining through most of volume, scattered foxing, upper outer corner of title and next 2 leaves torn and restored affecting two letters. Numerous textual illustrations. NOTES: first edition of a collection of eclipse, solar, and lunar tables dedicated to Louis XIV. Solar and lunar tables based on the Paris meridian. BEA, page 125; DSB II, 131; Houzeau & Lancaster 12051.
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TABLES DE LA LUNE

By: Damoiseau De Montfort, Marie-Charles-Theodore, Baron.

Price: $360.00

Publisher: Paris, Bachelier : 1828

Seller ID: 35001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Tables de la Lune, formées par la Seule Théorie de l'Attraction, et suivant la Division de la Circonférence en 360 Degrés. Iv, 80 pages, including half-title. Folio, 430x270 mm, contemporary 1/4 black morocco, worn, portion of marbled paper missing from front cover; contents clean. Binding and hinges solid, text tight. This is the Second of 2 sets of lunar tables calculated solely on the theory of universal gravitation; an earlier version was published in 1824. BEA, pages 274-75. Last known copy to come to auction was in 1975. From the GUTZWILLER ASTRONOMY &SCIENCE BOOKS collection.
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HAND-BOOK TO ASTRONOMY sheet I the solar system

By: Gall, James [Rev. ]

Price: $31.46

Publisher: W. & A. K. Johnston

Seller ID: 22988

Binding: Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages; ND but circa 1875 as I also have sheet III which is dated 1875. Pink wraps with staples.
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INSTITUTIO ASTRONOMICA JUXTA HYPOTHESES TAM VETERUM QUAM COPERNICI ET TYCHONIS. ACCEDUNT EIUSDEM VARII TRACTATUS ASTRONOMICI . . . EDITIO ULTIMA PAULO ANTE MORTEM AUCTORIS RECOGNITA [ILLUSTRATED]

By: Gassendi, Pierre

Price: $1,345.50

Publisher: Amsterdam:, Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, : 1680

Seller ID: 35009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; Numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations and diagrams. [8], 309, [7] pages. 4to, 198x152 mm, modern 1/2 green calf; scattered foxing, title soiled and moderately wrinkled, with small label remnant in gutter, dampstaining in lower margins in second half of volume. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller.
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GUY'S ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY AND AN ABRIDGMENT OF KEITH'S NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES

By: Guy & Keith

Price: $134.96

Publisher: Key and Mielke : 1831

Seller ID: 24445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 186, 173 pages; GUY'S ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY AND AN ABRIDGMENT OF KEITH'S NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES. Both bound into a single volume. Frontis is a foldout of the solar system showing 7 planets. Various other illustraions and charts throughout the book. Contemporary leather binding with front cover loose.
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TABULAE ASTONOMICAE LUDOVICI MAGNI JUSSU ET MUNIFICENTIA EXARATAE ET IN LUCEM EDITAE . . . ADJECTA SUNT DESCRIPTIO, CONSTRUCTIO ET USUS INSTRUMENTORUM ASTRONOMIAE NOVAE PRACTICAE INSEVIENTIUM . . . SECUNDA EDITIO.

By: La Hire, Philippe De

Price: $765.00

Publisher: Paris:, Montalant : 1727

Seller ID: 35035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

folding plates; Tabulae astronomicae : Ludovici Magni jussu et munificentia exaratae et in lucem editae : in quibus solis, lunae reliquorumque planetarum motus ex ipsis observationibus ... Traduntur ... : adjecta sunt descriptio, constructio & usus instrumentorum astronomiae novae practicae inservientium, variaque problemata astronomis geographisque perutilia : ad meridianum Observatorii Regii Parisiensis in quo habitae sunt observationes ab ipso autore Philippo de La Hire ...4 folding engraved plates. [14], 102, [2], 81, [7] pages. 4to, 256x197 mm, full decoarative modern calf gilt; opening ...
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DE DOCTRINA TEMPORUM [WITH URANOLOGION] [Lbc]

By: Petau, Denis, S. J.

Price: $535.50

Publisher: Venice, Bartolomeo Baronchelli, : 1757

Seller ID: 35010

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

B&W Illustration; c1700 pages; xlviii, 568, [8]; xii, 536; viii, 220, viii, 364 pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. 4 parts in 3 volumes. Folio, 395x260 mm, contemporary paste-paper wrappers, quite worn and most likely original, with portions missing from spines and some chipping along cover edges, Volume 2 front cover detached with title adhered, other front covers partly detached; scattered foxing; uncut. Vác Piarist ownership inscription dated 1805 on titles, later Hungarian stamp on versos. NOTES; The first 2 volumes reprint Petau's 1627 treatise on chronology D...
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EXPERIENCES DE PHYSIQUE [CT 2 VOLS]

By: Polinière, Pierre De.

Price: $630.00

Publisher: Paris, Clouzier, Bordelet, Gissey : 1734

Seller ID: 35013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; 19 engraved plates. [40], 398, [8]; [8], 382, [24] pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 12mo, 165x94 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt; some plates toned, dampstaining in lower outer corners of Volume 2 opening leaves. Paris: Gissey et al. , 1734 Fourth edition of a work originally published in 1709, based on the author's lectures at the University of Paris, containing detailed descriptions of 116 experiments. An account of various electrical experiments with magnets. Pierre Poliniere was one of the earliest in France to present public lectures on experimental natural p...
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TRAITÉ D'ASTRONOMIE THÉORIQUE [CT, PRINTED IN RUSSIAN EMPIRE]

By: Schubert, Friedrich Theodor Von.

Price: $1,080.00

Publisher: St Petersbourg, Russia, L'Academie Imp. Des Sciences : 1822

Seller ID: 35002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Quite beautiful full calf leather.. 10 folding engraved plates. [8], xvi, 286; [4], x, 568; [4], viii, 524 pages, including half-titles. 3 volumes. 4to, 256x214 mm, contemporary calf gilt with Signet Library arms on covers, Volume 3 front cover detached, others covers starting; minor foxing on Volume 1 opening leaves. St. Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1822. First edition in French of Schubert's 1798 Theoretische Astronomie. Houzeau & Lancaster 11811. Paper stamps inside front covers Libraire Alain Brieux, withdrawn. According to Google this was a bookstore of Sci...
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INSTITUTIONS NEWTONIENNES; OU, INTRODUCTION A LA PHILOSOPHIE DE M. NEWTON.

By: Sigorgne, Pierre.

Price: $517.50

Publisher: Paris, Guillyn : 1769

Seller ID: 35028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; 7 folding engraved plates on 6 leaves [ the often errant plate 4 is present], Lvi, xlix, [3], 393, [3] pages. 8vo, 198x122 mm, contemporary sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine ends with shallow wear, cover corners worn through, 19th-century Ricasoli-Firidolfi armorial bookplate on title verso (slightly wrinkling the paper). NOTES: Second edition of an introduction to Newtonian mathematics and physics originally published in 1747. Pages 327-59 contain a summary of the author's 1748 prize essay on the effects of attraction on capillary phenomena, "the most successfu...
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A CYCLE OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS [ILLUSTRATED]

By: Smyth, William Henry.

Price: $1,345.50

Publisher: London, John W. Parker : 1844

Seller ID: 33052

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viiii,[4],516,4pp. ads; xx,560 pages; Numerous text illustrations. Half-titles; publisher's 4-page catalogue at end of Volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern gilt-lettered black cloth; old institutional stamps on titles. First edition of a classic guide to amateur astronomy. The first volume is a general introduction to the subject; the second, known as the Bedford Catalogue, records 850 objects seen from the author's private observatory at Bedford. A career naval officer, Smyth (1788-1865) devoted his attention to astronomy from 1830 onward. One of his sons was...
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AZIMUTHS OF THE SUN 15th Edition, H. O. Number 71

By: U. S. Hydrographic Office United States Navy Department

Price: $15.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, Government Printing Office : 1939

Seller ID: 19489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Published by the Government printing office in Washington, DC 1939, 15th edition
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THEORETICAL ASTRONOMY RELATING TO THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.

By: Watson, James Craig.

Price: $630.00

Publisher: N Y, Lippincott : 1868

Seller ID: 35004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

662 pages. 8vo, 255x165 mm, original cloth, spine faded and stained, peripheral discoloration on covers; scattered minor spotting. Small loss tocloth covering towards bottom of front hinge. Hinges, binding and text block quite solid. First edition of the author's major work. 'It established Watson as one of the leading American experts in celestial mechanics and orbital theory' (ANB). BEA, pages 1198-99; Houzeau & Lancaster 11822. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller.
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HISTOIRE DU CIEL, OU L'ON RECHERCHE L'ORIGINE DE ... [CT IN 2 VOLS]

By: [Pluche, Antoine]

Price: $202.50

Publisher: Paris, Estienne : 1748

Seller ID: 35302

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; History of the sky, or the origin of idolatry and the despised philosophy is research on the formation of celestial bodies & any nature. New edition. Sound copies in calf with spines nicely worked in gilt. Nouvelle édition. Marbled eps. A number of plates, some a little bit weird. 6.5 x 4".
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Category: Astronomy