BLAEU WILLEM JANSZ Institutio Astronomica de usu Globorum S

Sale 2540 - Lot 234

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZ. Institutio Astronomica de usu Globorum & Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium. [xx], 364 pages (pagination errors), and 3 engraved folding diagrams. Two parts in one, 12mo, 5 1/2x3 1/2 inches, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, slight vermin damage at lower board extremities otherwise only light wear; contemporary ink inscription to front end paper, minor losses to lower margin of title-page and A4 with minimal printed loss, small portion of rear end paper clipped. Oxford: Printed by W. Hall for John Forrest, 1665

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An attractive copy of Blaeu's 17th-century handbook contrasting Ptolemaic and Copernican knowledge of the cosmos and the use of terrestrial and celestial globes. No copies of this Oxford-imprinted Latin text edition traced in auction records.