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BARTSCH, JACOB. Planispherium stellatum, seu vice-globus coelestis in plano delineatus. Edited by Andreas Goldmayer. 6 engraved plates; 3 folding celestial maps. [44], 3-152, [170] pages, including engraved additional title and final leaf of binder's instructions. 4to, 200x157 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink; marginal dampstaining through most of volume, some browning or foxing. Nuremberg: Christoph Gerhard for Paul Fürst, 1661
Second edition of a 1624 introduction to astronomy, substantially enlarged with solar and planetary ephemerides, a catalogue of 1240 fixed stars, and related matter. The author was a son-in-law of Johannes Kepler. Warner, The Sky Explored, pages 16-17.
